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11/13/2009 - 14:06

On Nov. 6th, a press conference was held by nearly 20 members of the Nueces County Medical Society, outside of the Las Brisas coal plant hearings at the Del Mar College Center for Economic Development.

Although physicians tend to avoid political issues, NCMS officials oppose the plant for health reasons.

09/30/2009 - 22:08

Published NYT: September 30, 2009
WASHINGTON — Unwilling to wait for Congress to act, the Obama administration announced on Wednesday that it was moving forward on new rules to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from hundreds of power plants and large industrial facilities.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/01/science/earth/01epa.html?partner=rss&e...

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02/15/2010 - 10:16

25 million gallons of pollution as close as two foot from the surface flows towards the ship channel

George Rice, MS, a soil hydrologist from San Antonio, opened the February 11th meeting and urged local participation in all aspects of the TCEQ planned investigation of the groundwater scheduled to start in six weeks. He noted that currently not enough data is available to determine the extent of the problem in Hillcrest, but noted that in his 30 years in the industry, he had never seen a more polluted groundwater system that currently exists along “Refinery Row.” He added that movement of the hydrocarbon plume floating atop the groundwater is probably leaking into the ship channel.