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Rebuttal commentary: Desal plant foes not ‘fringe’

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on January 17, 2010 at 6:30 am

From the North County Times, this rebuttal commentary by Joe Geever of the Surfrider Foundation to a recent commentary by Ted Owen of the Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce:

“The Perspective article, “Enough is enough with desalination lawsuits,” written by Ted Owens and published in your paper Jan. 10 contains enough offensive inaccuracies that it demands a response. It is unfortunate that Mr. Owen, rather than focusing his comments on what he sees as merits of the Poseidon proposal, or the actual reasons why the project continues to be scrutinized and challenged by our state regulatory agencies, instead resorts to personal attacks.

It is completely inaccurate to characterize the scope of opposition to the project as “two fringe environmental groups.” Surfrider Foundation and San Diego Coastkeeper are local grassroots organizations that have taken a lead in challenging this proposal. But there is a growing coalition of organizations opposed to this poorly designed facility —- ranging from water management policy institutions to organizations representing the fishing community to groups protecting public health to environmental organizations like ours. The scope of concerns over this project, and the organizations opposing it can hardly be described as “fringe”.

Mr. Owen also characterizes us as “obstructionists” who are the cause of delays in the project’s final approval. … “

Read more of this rebuttal commentary by clicking here.

January 17, 2010 · Filed Under Poseidon's Carlsbad Plant

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