Archive for July, 2009
Morro Bay Power Plant to be shut down in the next few years; a new plant cannot be built, ending the facility’s 54-year life
3 Comments Published by CAPE July 31st, 2009 in Press ReleasesAfter years of sharply-reduced use and partial retirement, the 54-year-old Morro Bay Power Plant will be shut down for good in a few years, and no new replacement plant can be built, under just-revealed plans of the owner and a proposed new state policy prohibiting the plant’s continued use of water from the Morro Bay [...]
CAPE believes strongly that any extension of the outfall lease to allow operation of the Morro Bay Power Plant with once-through cooling would be counterproductive both environmentally and economically and would not be in the best interests of residents and taxpayers, whose health and property values as well as businesses could be negatively impacted.
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- New State Ocean Water Restrictions Fail to Meet Federal Standards
- Morro Bay Power Plant to be shut down in the next few years; a new plant cannot be built, ending the facility’s 54-year life
- Proposed Outfall Lease Extension
- More than 50 years of destroying marine life by coastal power plants are coming to a close in Morro Bay and rest of California
- Cape calls for rejection of EPA’s proposed air quality permit for new Morro Bay power plant until flaws, deficiencies addressed
- San Luis Bay Chapter of Surfrider Foundation calls on EPA to deny air quality permit for proposed new Morro Bay power plant
- Let’s show EPA what we think of an ‘air quality’ permit that would open our skies to toxic pollution by packing the EPA hearing on Oct. 24 in Morro Bay
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- Effects of Particulate Air Pollution on Susceptible Populations Other than Children
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