Marcia Bansley, David and Mindy Egan and Jewel Harper are each receiving awards for their dedication to defending Georgia’s environment. New this year is the Legislators of the Year Awards, which honor outstanding public servants for contributing to our state’s environmental preservation. A celebration and awards ceremony will be held on Tuesday September 24, 2013 on the rooftop terrace of Nelson Mullins in Midtown, Atlanta.

In a major step forward for the clean energy economy and public health, thousands of
Georgia homes and businesses will be powered by clean wind energy imported from Oklahoma by 2016. Georgia Power has announced a deal to import wind energy from Oklahoma to Georgia customers.

On Monday, GreenLaw filed a suit in federal court on behalf of the Sierra Club claiming the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) failed to meet a statutorily imposed deadline of January 20, 2012 to act on a state regulation that had been submitted for incorporation into Georgia’s Clean Air Act State Implementation Plan.

Citing recent air quality reports, on March 6 GreenLaw became the only organization to challenge the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding Atlanta’s clean air re-designation. The comments were filed on behalf of Mothers and Others for Clean Air and the Georgia Chapter of the Sierra Club.

Stephanie Stuckey Benfield selected for Green Chamber of the South’s board of directors and Institute for Georgia Environmental Leadership’s 2013 class.

On Monday, Georgia Power announced that it aims to take a total of 15 units at Plant Branch, Plant Yates, Plant McManus, Plant Kraft and Plant Boulevard offline. The move follows nationwide trends by public utility companies who are turning to renewable energy sources. In fact, according to the Union of Concerned Scientists, coal use has dropped to its lowest levels in generations, and is powering less than half of America’s homes and businesses.

December 11, 2012: GreenLaw is encouraging DeKalb County and other metro Atlanta residents to attend next week’s Georgia Environmental Protection Division public hearing regarding Green Energy Partner’s proposed biomass facility.

Citing time constraints and conflicts of interest, Friday GreenLaw filed comments with Georgia’s Environmental Protection Division (EPD) regarding the expedited permitting process for air permits urging the agency to keep permitting review in-house, rather than using third parties. The comments were filed on behalf of Mothers and Others and the Georgia Chapter of the American Lung Association.

In the latest of the ongoing legal battles surrounding the largest fish kill in Georgia’s history and the unpermitted pollution discharge from King America Finishing, GreenLaw and Stack & Associates, on behalf of Ogeechee Riverkeeper, have filed a Petition of Mandamus in the Superior Court of Screven County.

Mayor Deborah Jackson to serve on GreenLaw’s board of directors while Steve Caley and Makara Rumley join the staff attorney team

An environmental advocate, Brockovich’s visit will raise funds and awareness for the largest fish kill in Georgia’s history.

On Friday, October 19, GreenLaw, a nonprofit providing free high-quality legal and technical assistance to environmental organizations and community groups throughout Georgia, celebrated its 20th anniversary at the annual Environmental Heroes Celebration. Hosted on the rooftop terrace of Nelson, Mullins, Riley and Scarborough in Midtown Atlanta, GreenLaw honored Congressman John Lewis, Justine Thompson and NewFields with prestigious awards for their commitment to Georgia’s environmental community.

On Thursday, the Ogeechee Riverkeeper, GreenLaw and Stack and Associates raised concerns about the Georgia Environmental Protection Division’s consent order proposal, which recommends King America Finishing complete $1 million in Supplemental Environmental Projects to benefit the Ogeechee River.

The State of Georgia’s Environmental Protection Division (EPD) has withdrawn King America Finishing’s (KAF) water pollution permit today, and is requiring the company to perform an anti-degradation analysis.

Sierra Club and GreenLaw applaud Georgia Power's recent announcement, but call on Georgia Power and Georgia Public Service Commissioners to further tap Georgia’s solar resources, and allow homeowners to pursue solar power generation on their property through a variety of financing mechanisms.

Atlanta, GA - GreenLaw and Stack and Associates, on behalf of Ogeechee Riverkeeper, filed an appeal of the Georgia Environmental Protection Division’s issuance of a water pollution permit for King America Finishing

Citing clean air and public health concerns, Wednesday GreenLaw filed a petition with the EPA, urging the agency to revise the Title V Operating Permit for Southern Power’s Plant Wansley in Heard County, Ga.

Atlanta, GA - GreenLaw, on behalf of Ogeechee Riverkeeper, Inc., submitted comments on King America Finishing, Inc.'s (King America) Draft Title V Permit. The Title V permit is supposed to limit air pollution from King America's Dover facility, which sits near the Ogeechee River, the site of a massive fish kill in May 2011.

Despite the fact that power plants contribute nearly half of all toxic air pollution, today the D.C. Circuit Court vacated the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Cross State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR), which would have required significant reductions in air emissions for power plants, including those located in Georgia.

Savannah Morning News, August 15, 2012: By WALTER C. JONES
MARIETTA — Sen. Johnny Isakson is reviewing whether to call for federal involvement in blocking a permit to discharge into the Ogeechee River by King America Finishing.

August 10, 2012: Despite the opposition of thousands of Georgians, the Georgia Environmental Protection Division issued a pollution permit allowing King America Finishing to continue discharging excessive levels of ammonia, formaldehyde and other chemicals into the Ogeechee River.

July 24, 2012: Ogeechee Riverkeeper, represented by GreenLaw and Stack and Associates, filed a lawsuit in federal court against King America Finishing, Inc. for violations of the Clean Water Act. The lawsuit alleges that King America Finishing continues illegally to discharge pollution to the Ogeechee River.

Updates on the proposed biomass facility near Lithonia, GA

Statesboro, GA -- On April 18, 2012 Ogeechee Riverkeeper (ORK) filed an appeal in Superior Court of Bulloch County. The organization appealed an administrative law judge’s decision which prevented Ogeechee Riverkeeper from challenging a Consent Order entered into between the State and King America Finishing in Screven County, GA. King America Finishing’s discharge into the Ogeechee River has been associated with the biggest fish kill in Georgia history.

Atlanta, GA: On March 20, 2012, a judge in Atlanta ruled that citizens have no right to challenge the state’s handling of the largest fish kill in Georgia’s history. Ogeechee Riverkeeper, represented by the public interest law firm, GreenLaw, and the environmental law firm, Stack & Associates, had filed a legal challenge to the state environmental agency’s handling of the largest fish kill in state history. While Judge Lois Oakley, who issued the decision, found that Ogeechee Riverkeeper members were injured by the fish kill, she nevertheless rejected their case finding that Ogeechee Riverkeeper could not show that its members had been harmed by the agency’s decision