Letters to the Editor: AES, car sharing and crime concerns
Democracy in Action Dear ER: I recently had the privilege of attending the California Energy Commission hearing on the AES application to build another highly polluting power plant on our coast. It was exciting to see democracy in action!! Anyone who mistakenly believes that AES genuinely wants to “work with Redondo Beach” and considers the long term interests of RB residents will be very interested in the outcome of the CEC meeting. The application that AES submitted was determined to be “data inadequate” in six areas. In other words, this multi-million dollar out-of-state corporation that is requesting a permit to pollute the environment in which our children will live for the next FIFTY YEARS was so busy spreading false propaganda to defeat our clean air ballot measure, that they did not find the time nor resources to complete the application in a comprehensive manner. How can Redondo Beach possibly believe that the power plant would be safe for our city if the corporation requesting to build the source of pollution has put such little thought into the project that after several years into the project they are still unable to adequately address the points required in the CEC…
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