August 26, 2009
A prominent civil rights leader joined with a coalition of environmental groups in filing an appeal Wednesday seeking to block a $2 billion plan to build Georgia's first new coal-fired power plant in more than two decades. The Rev. Joseph Lowery's Georgia Coalition for the People's Agenda, along with several environmental groups, filed briefs with the Georgia Supreme Court seeking to derail the Longleaf Energy Plant in southwest Georgia. It's no surprise that green groups, ranging from the Georgia Wildlife Federation to the National Parks Conservation Association, are involved in the legal battle. But it's more unusual for a civil rights group to wade into a fight involving pollution.
Full Article: Lowery joins legal fight against Ga. coal plant
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