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Georgia Judge Cites Carbon Dioxide in Denying Coal Plant Permit
July 1, 2008, New York Times: A judge in Georgia has thrown out an air pollution permit for a new coal-fired power plant because the permit did not set limits on carbon dioxide emissions.
Both opponents of coal use and the company that wants to build the plant said it was the first time a court decision had linked carbon dioxide to an air pollution permit. More
Clean Energy Action is Working Behind the Scenes to Publicize the True Cost of Coal-Fired Power Plants to the Public
In several cases in the Colorado courts and in motions before the Colorado Public Utilities Commission, Clean Energy Action has filed briefs and presented evidence that Xcel has failed to disclose other factors that would bear on the cost of the new Pueblo coal plant either to the public or to investors.
