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Clean Air

GreenLaw helped halt a coal-fired power plant that would have emitted 9 million tons of Carbon Dioxide - the same emissions as 1.5 million cars driving 12,000 miles each year.

Clean Water

GreenLaw prevented almost one ton of plastic from being dumped into the Oconee River each year by a newsprint recycling company in Dublin.

Environmental Justice

GreenLaw’s actions stopped a grain mill from emitting illegal and dangerous particles that covered a disadvantaged African-American community for decades.

 

March 27, 8:30 p.m.
Earth Hour 2010 highlights energy conservation as one of the cheapest, easiset ways everyone can save the planet's resources: raising awareness by turning off the lights, and all appliances, for one hour. For more information, including posters, logos, invitations, and letters, go to: MyEarthHour.org
GreenLaw is working with citizen groups across Georgia on the proposed 854-megawatt coal-fired power plant to be built in Sandersville, 60 miles east of Macon. Find out more about the problems with this ill-advised proposal.
UPDATE: The challenge to Longleaf's air quality permit is currently back before the Administrative Law Judge. In addition, a permit amendment which will address the hazardous air pollutants that will be emitted from this facility is expected to be issued in early Spring.
December 16, 2009 - Right on the heels of the announcement that North Carolina’s Progress Energy will shut down 11 coal plants, and in the face of dozens of coal projects being abandoned nationwide, a Georgia company has announced plans to build yet another coal-fired power plant.
By Joseph E. Lowery
January 17, 2010 - “Somehow the forces of justice stand on the side of the universe, so that you can’t ultimately trample over God’s children and profit by it.” — Martin Luther King Jr., “The Birth of a New Nation,” April 7, 1957
I believe that [King] would be crying out against any coal-fired plants, rising anew or already operating, because they spew dangerous pollutants into the air and drain our precious waters. I believe he would be a mighty force in convincing us that coal plants are no longer needed in our beloved Georgia — or anywhere else.
Taxpayers in Washington County face serious risks and will likely not reap the financial and employment perks that supporters of the proposed Plant Washington are promising if the $2.1 billion coal-burning plant is built, according to an independent analysis released October 8 by the Ochs Center. That assessment provided by the Ochs Center for Metropolitan Studies, a Chattanooga, Tenn.- based non-profit research group, shows that prior projections of new revenue for Washington County from Plant Washington may be off the mark and County taxpayers may be left holding the bag for new infrastructure costs.
GreenLaw's work to protect us all from the harmful impact of coal plant pollution is highlighted by a new report released by Physicians for Social Responsibility which details the true risks of our nation's dependence on coal.
 		 
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