TANC rally in Redding
July 8th, 2009
I think the crowd was more like 300, full of green T-shirts and they had a successful march on the Cascade Theater. Incredible organizing by all of the many Stop TANC groups involved.
It’s tired out… gotta be on a plane first thing, at “too early o’clock”…
200 attend anti-TANC rally
And about SMUD’s withdrawal from the TANC project (which should TANK the project):
Agency Withdraws From Project
By Craig Macho
Staff Reporter
cmacho@oakdaleleader.com
209-847-3021, ext. 8128Another meeting will be held in Ripon sometime later this month.
According to a press release from TANC, outreach meetings by the agency have been put aside for now.
TANC transmission line “gasping”
July 3rd, 2009
The NYRI line in New York was turned down, PJM has eliminated the Indian River, DE to Salem, NJ segment of MAPP, and TANC is imploding before us! YEAAAAA!
This week, SMUD pulled out of TANC. What does that mean? It means SMUD is paying attention to demand and financing, YEAAAAA, and it means that over 1/3 of the project’s $$$ is MIA, YEAAAA!!!!
From the Modesto Bee:
Power project gasping for cash
Partners don’t see survival without a $525M transfusion
By Ed Fletcher
efletcher@sacbee.com
The Western Area Power Authority is a federal partner.
On Thursday, those partners grappled with questions about the project’s vitality.
To be sure, it will be ugly.
June 21st, 2009
It’s time to tank the TANC project. I love the irony of beautiful shots of transmission lines, particularly where the media is finally getting it right:
“To be sure, it will be ugly.”
Yeah! That’s a direct quote, see the article below…
This 600 mile long and $1.3 billion (somebody better put a new battery in that calculator, that estimate is WAY off) project has wrapped up every ugly aspect of transmission all in one (like almost every other project I’ve seen these days!). Let’s see, yes, it will visually be butt ugly. Landowners didn’t get reasonable notice. It will have massive impact on environment, economics, and public health. Oh, and need we mention, like the others, it’s not needed. Look where it starts and guess how far it is from the nearest coal plants, online or on the drawing board.
Now notice all the back and forths, this isn’t just one line, each segment has at least two, if not three lines (their type gets in the way of ID’ing what’s planned. CLICK HERE FOR THEIR MAP PAGE.
Heard enough? Ready to do something about it?
PRE-MEETING RALLY
HOLIDAY INN — REDDING, CA
Wednesday, July 8, 2009 at 2:00 PM
then
PUBLIC MEETING WITH TANC:
CASCADE THEATRE – MARKET STREET
REDDING, CA
Wednesday, July 8, 2009 at 6:00 PM
ALL LANDOWNERS ATTEND
Need more information:
Here’s the TANC site
Here’s WAPA’s TANC site
Here’s the STOP TANC site
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From the Modesto Bee:
Big power line controversy