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THURSDAY, JULY 1

5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Information from Residents and Experts

Cafeteria at Early County High School

12020 Columbia Highway, Blakely, GA

6:30 PM  Public Hearing

Early County High School

 12020 Columbia Highway, Blakely, GA

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New Fact Sheet on Longleaf Coal Plant Available

Early County politicians and the state Environmental Protection Division (EPD) want us to subsidize a 1,200-megawatt coal-burning power plant — one of the biggest in Georgia — so the owners of a New Jersey energy company can make money. Let’s put the facts on the table.

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Fox 5: Chattahoochee's Job: Producing Power

Chattahoochee's Job: Producing Power

Updated: Monday, 21 Jun 2010, 8:52 PM EDT
Published : Monday, 21 Jun 2010, 8:52 PM EDT

BLAKELY, Ga. (AP) - When Bobby McLendon first heard talk of a new power plant 10 miles from his home in southwest Georgia, he considered it a boon to the local economy.

“I thought it was going to give us some jobs and pay some taxes,” recalled McLendon, a retired farm equipment salesman.

Nearly 10 years later, McLendon is president of Friends of the Chattahoochee, an environmental group leading the fight against Longleaf Energy Associates. The company has plans to build a 1,200-megawatt, coal-fired facility on the banks of the Chattahoochee in Early County.

Those plans have been met with lawsuits from environmentalists like McLendon who say the region’s future energy demands could be met with conservation instead of a new coal plant and worry that emissions from the plant could damage crops in an area where farmers grow the economy.

Among other things, McLendon calls it a waste of a precious resource. Longleaf could pull as many as 27 million gallons of water from the Chattahoochee River each day.

“We just think every gallon of water is wasted if you’re going to produce electricity that’s not needed,” he said.

Read more at Fox5 Atlanta's website.

GreenLaw on Longleaf

In the 1200 mega-watt Longleaf permit, EPD classifies Longleaf as a minor source of pollution, while the other proposed coal-fired plant, the 850 mega-watt Plant Washington (in a permit issued the day before), is classified as a major source. Listing Longleaf as a minor source allows the power plant to avoid critical requirements that would ensure that the Plant operated in compliance with the law. EPD also failed to allow the public to comment on this decision. GreenLaw objected on both grounds. EPD also granted Longleaf an extension on when it must begin construction. This extension will allow the Plant to be built with outdated technology. GreenLaw is asking that EPD ensure that the permit is up-to-date.

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Clean Energy Jobs Are on the Way

Early County politicians want us to subsidize a 1,200-megawatt coal-burning power plant — one of the biggest in Georgia — so the owners of a New Jersey energy company can make money. Let’s put the facts on the table.

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