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Other States Push for Clean Air, But Not Georgia

By Michael Wall

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | November 24, 2004

Eight states and New York City have filed lawsuits that seek to force five electric utilities to drastically reduce their carbon dioxide emissions. Yet while Atlantans breathe some of the nation's most unhealthy air, Georgia Attorney General Thurbert Baker has taken no action to hold power companies responsible for their pollutants.

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