The Facts
If permitted the Las Brisas power plant will rank #1 in Nueces County in particulate matter, nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide and global warming gasses. Corpus Christi is already very close to violating federal smog limits. If permitted this plant would add so much pollution that citizens could have to do costly smog checks on their car and businesses may have to add expensive pollution controls. In addition, it would add 220 lbs a year of toxic mercury to our already polluted bay making more kinds of fish unsafe to eat.
- Dr. Wes Stafford, Local allergist and asthma specialist: “Las Brisas: Economic Development or Environmental Disaster?”
- MS PowerPoint Slide Presentation 35.6MB (runs automatically, with narration by Dr. Stafford. Don’t have PowerPoint 2007? Download a free viewer here.)
- Las Brisas Air Quality Permit Application
(The original permit application. Some emissions limits changed with the draft permit.) - Las Brisas proposed emissions compared to existing industrial pollution: 2007 Nueces County Annual Criteria Emissions
See how much of a difference Las Brisas will make over our existing burden of industrial pollution–based on their numbers and TCEQ’s. - CEC Las Brisas Brochure
- Tax District Agreement #87
- Las Brisis flier
- TVA Ash Facts Factsheets by United Mountain Defense
