Date published: 2008/07/02
The BBC says:
The US state of Georgia has blocked construction of a new coal-fired power station because of concerns over its carbon dioxide emissions.
Environmentalists welcomed the news, and predict the decision will lead to reconsideration of many coal power plants under development in the US.
The judge cited a decision by the Supreme Court last year which issued a ruling recognising CO2 as a pollutant.
This is the first court judgement on an industrial plant based on that ruling.
Earlier this year, Georgia's Department of Natural Resources issued a permit allowing the Dynegy company to begin construction of its Longleaf coal plant.
But Fulton County Superior Court Judge Thelma Wyatt Cummings Moore has now halted construction of the 1,200 megawatt facility, ruling that the permit should have set limits on carbon emissions.
The BBC is misleading in the first paragraph. It is not the state of Georgia that has blocked construction, it is some court. And it's quite possible that some higher court will overturn this ruling. However this specific ruling is likely the shape of things to come, even though it is silly that any court rules on specific projects.
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