August 8, 2008--Environment Colorado asks for 'no' on water plan (Rocky Mountain News)
Environment Colorado has launched a legal battle to deny Tri-State Generation and Transmission the water needed for a newly proposed power plant in southeastern Colorado. This week, the group asked a special water court to dismiss the utility's application to use and store water from the Lower Arkansas River, saying the utility would not be able to win the special federal and state approvals needed to make the plan work. The water is critical to development of the site, which could become home to a coal-fired or nuclear plant.
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