Fishing is going to be over in the Colorado River soon

[reeltime]

The LCRA is just short of some gubermint run agency that uses nazi tactics to get want they want.I own property in areas they service and know many people that work for them.In short they think they own the lower Colorado.They have done some good thing but this takes the cake.The coast will suffer more because they need more water for the big cities.

[Swells]

Nobody like the project, I don't think we need the power, and to their credit, the enviros sued against the air permit and I think the water supply permit from LCRA might be headed to court as well - the Colorado River is at all-time low flow rates not seen since the 1950s. But White Stallion lobbyists went to Governor Perry to ask for fast-tracking after nearly all agencies expressed reservations about the deal. All the suddent, permits were flying out the door.

Governor Perry has tried this stunt before, like trying to fast-track 17 coal power plants, and many sued. The outcome was about 2-3 being approved. But White Stallion is especially bad, not only because it is so large at 1,320 megawatts, but it uses so much water and relies on petroleum coke - perhaps the nastiest stuff you can burn. It's refinery black stuff left over from coking operations. The "petcoke" will be mixed with coal from somewhere, not sure if Kentucky or what.

True, if approved, you're going to have a lot of barges going up into what is pretty much a pristine area for fishing. The hot water discharge can't be good in the summer - you already have South Texas Nuclear Project a few miles away. If the company was serious about reducing impacts, it would buy some water and re-use it such as with cooling towers to recycle it like a closed-loop system. The huge water intakes will filter out everything from the water, render it sterile and hot, and then gets blasted back into the river. You are not going to like it.

[Ibtsoom]

TCEQ was a little hasty in their permit approvals down there.. looks like it is on hold for now while they do a mandatory review of the air permitting. They'll have to do new impact studies, dispersion modeling and resource reports. Could be a while before anything happens if they're forced to follow proper channels.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7589418.html#ixzz1O240uhSH

EDIT -- Swells pretty much said this already if id have taken the time to read everything.. You can keep up with how its progressing on the air alliance houston website... http://www.ghasp.org/

[Kylie Howard]

just posting to say that it wouldnt just be short sighted construction jobs but US flagged ships will be required and they only hire american citizens. not saying that this doesnt blow, just throwing that out there.

[2112]

This hurts, always about the dollar but this is a slap to the environment.

[Funk Shoal Brutha]

Anybody who fishes down there under the lights in the wintertime will tell you that when a barge passes, it takes almost 45 minutes before the fish you were catching will cooperate again. A barge almost every hour will make it almost unfishable. Not to mention the stuff that thing is going to spew into both bay systems... Progress!

[SUPER SPOOK]

that sux!!!