Longleaf Power (GA)
New power plant could hurt Georgia's air and water quality
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A proposed power plant in Georgia woulould be the fourth largest in the state and would impact air and water quality of the entire region.
Longleaf Energy Associates, LLC is proposing to build a major new pulverized-coal-fired power plant - generating as much as 1600 megawatts of power - on the banks of the Chattahoochee River in Early County, in southwest Georgia. If allowed, the new plant would be the fourth largest coal-fired plant in the state and would impact air and water quality in the entire region.
The Longleaf plant will use old coal burning technology rather than cleaner technology that would capture carbon and lessen the plant's contribution to global warming. Furthermore, if permitted, Longleaf could use up to 27 million gallons per day of water from Chattahoochee River, which could reduce the water flow in the river.
Working on behalf of the Friends of the Chattahoochee, Sierra Club, and Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper, and with the Turner Environmental Law Clinic, SELC will work to protect the region's water and air from this unecessary power plant.
