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Wansley Plant ranked number 9 on the list, with 2,673,672 pounds of coal combustion waste released to surface impoundments in 2006.<ref name="iss"/>
==Legislative issues==
'''House Bill 276''', proposed by Margaret Oliver (D-Decatur), would put a 5-year moratorium on building new coal plants and eliminate the burning of Appalachian coal mined by [[Mountaintop removal|mountaintop removal]] by mid-2016. The Appalachian Mountain Preservation Act would gradually prohibit Georgia coal consumers from using Central Appalachian mountaintop removal beginning in 2011. The bill is backed by environmental groups including [[Appalachian Voices]] but received strong opposition from [[POWER4Georgians]], a coalition of 10 electric co-operatives seeking to build a $2 billion 850-megawatt supercritical [[Washington Plant|coal plant in Washington County]].<ref>[http://uk.reuters.com/article/behindTheScenes/idUKTRE5130E720090204 "Georgia bill proposes moratorium on new coal plants,"] Reuters, February 4, 2009.</ref><ref>Margaret Newkirk, [http://www.ajc.com/services/content/business/stories/2009/02/04/legcoal0204.html "Bill would restrict coal power plants,"] ''Atlanta Journal-Constitution'', February 4, 2009.</ref>
==Citizen groups==
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*[http://cleanpower4georgians.com/ CleanPower4Georgians]
*[http://www.facenvironment.org/ Fall-line Alliance for Clean Environment]
*[http://www.focusthenation.org/ Focus the Nation]
*[[Friends of the Chattahoochee]]
*[[GreenLaw]]
*[http://georgia.sierraclub.org/ Sierra Club Georgia Chapter]
*[http://www.co-opconversations.org/UnitedStates/Georgia/ Co-op Conversations Georgia]
*[http://www.cobbemcwatch.org/ Cobb Alliance for Smart Energy]
==Articles and Resources==
