EPA February 17, 2009: CARBON DIOXIDE (CO2) smokestack emissions 24/7 from White Stallion Coal Plant will be the same as adding 1,734,579 cars to Matagorda County roads;

• Electricity rates will not decrease;

• 61 of every 1,000 people living within 30 miles of White Stallion Coal Plant will have Asthma;

• Lung Cancer for Matagorda County is now 28%-60% above the State average.  White Stallion Coal Plant will further increase the mortality rate for residents of Matagorda County;

Feeding the White Stallion Coal Plant:
3 - Coal Barges each day up & down the Colorado river.
Necessitates widening river, Environmental permits.  Property values along the river can be expected to decline.  Recreational weekend home communities development will not occur;

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2 - 125+ car Coal Trains thru Bay City each day;

• Coal Plants kill Tourism.  In mountain & coastal Counties throughout the US, other State Tourism Departments partner with local County Commissioners to oppose newly proposed Coal Plants.
  The much anticipated 2nd home/weekend home growth in Matagorda County will not materialize.  Affluent communities refuse to allow smokestack Coal Plants, and their citizens won't build 2nd homes in communities that have them;

• Real Estate values along FM 2668 will drop by 50%;

• Toxic air pollutants MERCURY and DIOXIN, will negatively affect the livestock of the ranchers in the vicinity;

• The Coal Plant is located in the 100-year Flood Plain.
  EPA Sea Level Rise Map area would be flooded several times per month;

• February 21, 2009:  U.N:  The US joins with 140 other nations on Treaty to slash MERCURY emissions to protect health

• March 25, 2009 The Texas Legislature:  Moratorium on the **permitting** of Coal-Fired power plants —
  SB 126     HB 4384

• CBS News/60 Minutes  (replay 04-27-09)  —  Powered By Coal

• April 17, 2009 EPA declares Carbon Dioxide (CO2) significant threat to human health from Coal-Fired power plants; listed as pollutant under the U.S. Clean Air Act

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White Stallion 101

Permit Applications filed with:
TCEQ — Air & Water
LCRA — water pumped from the Colorado River, 56 square miles annually

Feb.10, 2010 - EPA to White Stallion Coal Plant:
"non-compliance with US Clean Air Act"

EPA, TPWD, USFWS, TNC say:
"no permit for White Stallion"

Corpus Christi organizes against proposed new
Coal Plant

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