Georgia Judge Cites Supreme Court Ruling on CO2 in Denying Permit for Coal Plant. By Greg Bluestein, AP, June 30, 2008. "The construction of a coal-fired power plant in Georgia was halted Monday when a judge ruled that the plant's builders must first obtain a permit from state regulators that limits the amount of carbon dioxide emissions. Fulton County Judge Thelma Wyatt Cummings Moore's decision overturned a ruling that allowed the construction of the $2 billion Longleaf Energy Plant, which would become Georgia's first new coal-fired plant in more than two decades. Environmentalists said the decision marks the first time that a judge has applied a U.S. Supreme Court finding that carbon dioxide is a pollutant to emissions from an industrial source... 'We will be taking this decision and making the same arguments to push for an end to conventional coal,' said Bruce Nilles, who oversees the Sierra Club's national coal campaign. The plant's developers, LS Power and Dynegy Inc., said they planned to appeal."
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