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GreenLaw is now accepting applications for a full-time Staff Attorney. As a member of GreenLaw's legal team, this attorney will be responsible for litigation and legal advocacy in state and federal court. This position focuses primarily on air quality.
Atlanta, GA - On May 2, 2012, the Fulton County Board of Commissioners passed a resolution urging the Georgia Environmental Protection Division to take swift action to develop, implement, and enforce regulations and policies to promote environmental justice for the citizens of Fulton County and the entire State of Georgia. The resolution, sponsored by Commissioner Emma I. Darnell, was drafted after the release of a report on pollution in the metro Atlanta area from the Georgia environmental organization, GreenLaw.
Atlanta, GA – Clean air advocates and environmental groups won a victory yesterday when Power4Georgians (P4G), the only company trying to develop expensive new coal plants in Georgia, agreed to cancel the proposed Ben Hill coal-fired power plant. The company also agreed to comply with critical new safeguards against mercury pollution and invest $5 million in energy efficiency and renewable projects. The Sierra Club, the Fall Line Alliance for a Clean Environment (FACE), Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE), and the Ogeechee Riverkeeper, represented by the Southern Environmental Law Center and GreenLaw, successfully challenged the permit for Plant Washington issued by the Georgia Environmental Protection Division, and the settlement agreement is pending approval by each group. If built, Power4Georgians’ Plant Washington will have to meet the much more protective emission standards for mercury and other air toxins
Learn about the Patterns of Pollution in metro Atlanta. The report analyzes publicly available information to identify eight types of air, water, and land pollution and compares this pollution information with demographic data on people living in the 14-county region.
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