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project permitting
Once More into the Breach for Cape Wind
On April 28, 2010, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar approved “Cape Wind,” a $1 billion, 130-turbine wind farm south of Cape Cod. The announcement came nine years after the developer filed an initial permit application, and Secretary Salazar promised that in the future the...
Georgia Court Revokes Air Pollution Permits for Coal-Fired Power Plant
The air pollution permit for a new 1200 megawatt coal-fired power plant in Early County, Georgia, was revoked yesterday by a state court judge. Environmental groups challenged Longleaf Energy Associates’ (Longleaf) permit approval, arguing (among other things) that Longleaf did not properly...
EPA Environmental Appeals Board Hears Precedent Setting Case on CO2 Permits for Coal Plants
The Environmental Protection Agency’s Environmental Appeals Board (EAB) heard oral arguments this morning in a precedent-setting case that will determine whether EPA is required to consider emissions limitations on CO2 as part of the permitting process for coal-fired power plants and other...