Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Georgia Refuses To Get Any Warmer

Apparently Georgia doesn't want to join its capital city - HOTlanta - in embracing inordinate warmth: the state just staked a significant claim in the battle against greenhouse emissions. A Georgia state court ruled that plans must be halted in the construction of a coal-burning power plant unless its carbon-dioxide emissions are limited - a decision which marks the first time a judge applied an earlier U.S. Supreme Court decision on industrial greenhouse emissions.

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