We, Individuals — Organizations — Businesses, oppose the White Stallion Coal Plant locating in Matagorda County

Prevent Matagorda County from becoming another Texas City

The White Stallion Coal Plant will cause irreversible harm to the Public Health of all residents, the Environment of Matagorda & surrounding Counties; Matagorda Bay, it's estuaries & wetlands.
The Coal Plant will negatively impact Tourism and Recreation of all in Matagorda County for the next two generations.

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Steve Zernicek
Nikki Wright
Finniery Withee
Priscilla Wissink
Lisa Wise
Marilyn Wilson
Gary Williams
Sherry Williams
Jim Williams
Forrest Wilder
JE White
Joshua White
Chris Wham
Donnie West
Charlotte Wells
Michelle Weathers
Stephen Weathers
Bryan Watson
R Walten
Daniel Walsh
Cathy Wakefield
Deborah Wagner
Lauren-Kirk Vossler
Michelle Villalovos
Carol Vijieal
Rosie Vijieal
Adolfo Veronese
Leigh Vance
Jonathan Valdez
 
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Sandra Tucker
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Martin Trevino
Hoang Tran
Muriel Tipps
Joseph Timothy
Drucilla Tigner
Paul Thomas
Shelby Thomas
Diana Thomas
Kayanne Thiemer
Cindy Tennant
Sheila Sumner-Bock
Rene Suares Sr.
David Sturmy
Holly Stratton
Bill Stransky
Erin Stone
Don Stone
Delores Stone
Katelyn Stone
Chance Stone
Jack Stevenson
Jackie Stephens
T.A. Southall
Mike Southall
Irene Solnik
Lou Snead
Cheryl Smith
 
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Gena Smith
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Joseph Smallets
Allison Sliva
Leanne Sliva
Marilyn Sitz
Nicole Sitz
Louyse Siegel
Courtney Short
Kacy Shindler
Rebecca Sher
Sarah Sher
Lauren Sher
Karen Sher
Dr. Andrew Sher
Michael Shafer
Marlaine Selip
Tonya Schwartz
Bernard Schindler
Carolyn Sanford
Dr. Cheryl Sacco
Sidney Rutkoski
Ron Ruthrauff
Clive Runnells III
Kathryn Runnells
Jose Ruiz
 
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Vianne Ross
Sarah Rodriguez
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Daniel Rodriguez
Jana Rodriguez
Rick Robertson
Ride Robertrie
Ryan Rittenhouse
Roberta Ripke
Diana Reyos
Celesta Reneau
Wynell Reneau
Michelle Rene
Judy Reed
Heather Reed
Jajuan Randle
Felicia Randle
Bernadette Rali
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Adelta Rakes
Gary Rakes
Sherri Radford
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Mary Quinlan
Ed Polasek
Cheryl Peschke
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Angela Pennington
 
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Rebecca Park
Judy Panasci
Jesse Palacious
Donald Owen
Ralph Owen
Thomas Orsak
Shelly Orsak
Theresa O'Leary
Kirk Offerle
Veronica Ochoa
Molly Novero
Marissa Newton
Allan Nassau
Ashleigh Murphy
Amber Murphy
Daniel Munson
Patrick Mozley
Tennie Mozley
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Jean Moye
Brian Moudy
Dennis Morgan
Ruth Morgan
Terry Wesley Moody
Connie Moberley
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Connie Milliff
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   Organizations
• Texas Medical Association
• American Lung Association
• American Heart Institute
• National Institute of Health
• Physicians for Social Responsibility
• Waterkeeper Alliance
• Bay City Nature Club
• Galveston BayKeeper
• The National Audubon Society
• American Bird Conservancy
• National Wildlife Federation
• Environment Texas
• The League of Women Voters
• Center for Biological Diversity
• Natural Resources Defense Council
• Wilderness Society
• SEED Coalition
• Earthjustice Environmental Law
• Texas Public Citizen
• Sierra Club
• Environmental Defense Fund
• Environmental Integrity Project
• Public Employees for Environmental    Responsibility(PEER)

   Businesses
• C3 Cattle Company
• Seven V Enterprises
• Shafer Electric LLC
• Rio Viejo Cattle Company
• Amy Burnside Farms
• Stone Turf Farms
• MAJ Farms
• Don Stone Co.
• Pitchfork Ranch

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 


"We need to reduce our atmospheric greenhouse gas levels to below 350 parts per million in order to avoid climate catastrophe, the U.S. and the world must begin phasing out coal immediately in order to reach that target."
— Leading climate scientist Dr. James Hansen (Director NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies)

 

 

White Stallion Coal Plant will harm the Public Health, the local Environment, Tourism, and lessen the Qualtiy of Life of all Matagorda County residents

 
 


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;
 

Yard Signs available

Window stickers/fliers download

Follow our case thru the Texas Courts — recap

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"

 



MERCURY is a toxic heavy metal:  smokestack emissions will make the Colorado River un-fishable
(same as Houston Ship Channel) — seafood from Matagorda County shrimp & fish farms will be unfit for human consumption (loss of income for Matagorda County Seafood Farms)  
1/70th of a teaspoon MERCURY wind-borne onto a 20-acre lake will make the fish unfit to eat — and White Stallion will dump 100 lbs of poisonous MERCURY every year onto the Colorado River, Matagorda Bay, local Matagorda County Seafood Farms.

Lavaca Bay has been a EPA SuperFund Site since 1993 due to MERCURY - since 1988 has been closed to the taking of fish and crabs by the Texas Department of State Health Services.

 




White Stallion Coal Plant wants to remove 35,706 Acre-Feet of water from the Colorado River each year.  35,706 Acre-feet is 56 Square Miles of water 1 foot high — East Matagorda Bay is 59 Square Miles
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The 56 Square Miles of Colorado River water blown out their 60-STORY Smokestacks each year — Water equal to 1/4 the entire City of Austin.





Sept 08, 2009 - EPA Rejects Texas Air Permit Process - Coal Plants Review.  Texas' permit process fails to follow Clean Air Act.

 

 


 


"CLEAN COAL" is a lie.
"Clean Coal" is multi-million-dollar PR campaign by the Coal Industry to persuade the public and elected officials to support coal despite the harmful effects of coal generation on public health and the environment.

 

 


Texas Medical Association report:  MERCURY/Coal-Fired Power Plants

 

Each year 24,000 premature deaths - 550,000 asthma attacks - 38,000 heart attacks - 12,000 hospital admissions attributed to Coal Plant pollution


 



National Audubon Society



"The heart of this film is really about issues of health, future generations and the value of our own land and resources.  The film was made to support the story of the Texas coalition and their struggle against a giant power company.  It is our way of giving other states and communities a model for what can happen when people take personal responsibility and get results.  We want to let people know that they don't have to give up hope.”

— Robert Redford  FIGHTING GOLIATH

 


The following 4 Articles published in the Bay City Tribune March 4th, 15th, 29th & April 5th by Bay City resident:
Robert M. Malina, PhD

White Stallion and Economic Development: At What Cost?  ...article

White Stallion — Aesthetics, Smoke Stacks, Prevailing Winds and Birds  ...article

White Stallion:  Implications for Lung Health  ...article

White Stallion and Health of the County  ...article

 


 

 

 

 

Corpus Christi organizes against proposed new
Coal Plant

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 


Reality Coalition — challenging the coal industry to come clean — in its advertising and in its operations.  Learn more about the reality of "clean" coal or take action and help stop misleading coal campaigns.
 
 


 

 


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