The first coal-fired power plant to be built in Georgia in two decades faces a lawsuit. The Atlanta Business Chronicle reports the Sierra Club, GreenLaw, and Friends of the Chattahoochee are teaming up in the suit. They claim mercury emissions from the Longleaf Energy Station would be built near Columbus would violate the Clean Air Act.
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Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Lawsuit filed vs. coal-fired plant
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5/06/2008 03:43:00 PM
Labels: chattachoochee, Clean Air Act, Coal-fired power plant, Greenlaw, longleaf energy station, Sierra Club