Clean Air & Energy
GreenLaw Seeks to Ensure Effective Air Pollution Control Requirements for Power Plants and Other Large Polluters
Effective State Implementation Plans are critical to achieving the air quality benefits promised by the federal Clean Air Act. Unfortunately, while advocacy groups typically pay a lot of attention to national…
Read moreWhy What We Do Matters to Georgians
Currently, 154,348, or approximately 6% of Georgia's children have asthma, according to the State of the Air report by American Lung Association.
Read moreGreenLaw Submits Comments Opposing Air Pollution Permit for One of Nation's Dirtiest Coal Plants
Read moreGa. Implements Sped-Up Environmental Permits
Ray Henry from the Associated Press wrote this article on June 29, 2013. This article explored a new environmental permitting law that allowed applicants to pay a fee to have their permit expedited. Executive…
Read moreUpdated Rules for Coal Air Pollution, Recent Plant Struggles Underscore High Risk of Proposed Washington County Power Plant
New federal safeguards for coal pollution cast further doubt on the fate of the proposed Plant Washington coal-fired power plant in Sandersville, GA. The new standards come as the nation shifts toward…
Read morePlant Ben Hill: Another CANCELLED Coal-fired Plant for Georgia
In 2008, a private consortium of electric cooperatives, Power4Georgians (P4G), announced plans to develop a second 850-megawatt coal-fired plant in Georgia, in addition to Plant Washington, north of Sandersville…
Read moreExisting Coal Plant Research
Learn more about the impacts of coal on our environment, our health and our pocket booksEvery month it seems that yet another report is released confirming what we already know - coal harms our natural…
Read moreObama plan proposes large reductions in greenhouse gases
The Obama administration released a proposal Monday to reduce by 30 percent over the next two decades the greenhouses gases emitted by coal-fired power plants, a plan that would have a major impact on…
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