by The Editors on October 20, 2008
Photos that the City of Carlsbad has posted on their website to show what NRG Energy’s proposed new power plants would look like have apparently upset the company, according to a story in the San Diego Union-Tribune.
We don’t think it’s an accurate characterization of the project,” said Tim Hemig, NRG’s project manager for the Carlsbad Energy Center.
Too bad. We don’t like our icon smoke stack getting competition from smaller, inferior stacks. And we really don’t like turning the lagoon into an industrial wasteland.
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune]
by The Editors on October 14, 2008
Carlsbadistan’s John Frisbie was sick of the gasoline bills he was paying to get from him home in Carlsbad to his job at Rady Children’s Hospital in Kearny Mesa, riding the Coaster was fine, but all those busses just wasn’t doing it for him according to a story in the North County Times. That’s when he got a Segway scooter.
Frisbie said it took him about 15 minutes to learn how to ride the Segway, which is balanced by gyroscopes to keep the rider upright. Frisbie said he’s fallen only once, and that it was his fault. . . “You have to make sure the tires don’t leave the ground. Make sure to take bumps slowly, or the gyroscopes will get off and you’ll fall off,” he said. . . . His new toy is attracting plenty of attention. Passing drivers honk and wave as he rolls by. He’s had people turn their cars around and ask him where he got the Segway.
Sadly, there is absolutely no way to ride a Segway without looking like a total tool. But don’t tell John we said that.
[Link: North County Times]
by The Editors on October 8, 2008
We have to be honest. We have no idea what an “ethanol fuel” really means. But Carlsbad has two new ethanol pumps at Bressi Ranch Shell. The station celebrated yesterday by throwing a ribbon cutting ceremony at 2740 Gateway Road.
And everyone was there: (Left to right) Ted Owen, president/CEO of Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce; Judy Bishop, executive director of the Ecocenter for Alternative Fuel Education; Mike Lewis, general manager of Pearson Fuels; Fred Reed, owner Bressi Ranch Shell; Debbie Reed, Bressi Ranch Shell.
For a list of cars that can actually use these two new pumps click the link for a guide to reading VIN numbers for FlexFuel compatibility.
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by The Editors on September 19, 2008
We were wrong when we said the Poseidon Resources Inc. desalination plant had cleared it’s last hurdle on August 22, 2008. Now the San Diego Coastkeeper and the Surfrider Foundation have filed a lawsuit in Superior Court “in an attempt to force another review of a proposed seawater desalination plant in Carlsbad,” according to a story in the San Diego Union-Tribune.
The lawsuit against the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board claims the agency did not ensure the best site, technology and design for the facility. “What we are trying to do is make sure that all of the analysis goes on so that we get the best plant possible,” said Gabriel Solmer, Coastkeeper’s legal director.
We hate to admit it, but we kind of like seeing the project faced with more hurdles.
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune]
by The Editors on September 12, 2008
Two male Oriental fruit flies (Bactrocera dorsalis) have been spotted in Carlsbad, according to a story in the San Diego Union-Tribune.
In Carlsbad, state agriculture workers will begin eradicating the Oriental fruit fly Friday within a 8.7-square-mile area of where the flies were trapped, using pesticide-laced food for the insect; people are urged to not move fruits and vegetables out of the area.
But that’s not the biggest news. The larger issue is that 1,181-square miles of San Diego County has been “placed under quarantine for the Asian citrus psyllid” a.k.a. Diaphorina citri.
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune]
by The Editors on August 22, 2008
Today the State Lands Commission voted 3-0 “to approve a lease of state property for a desalination plant in Carlsbad,” according to a story on KPBS.org.
Scott Maloni of Poseidon Resources says the company is looking forward to turning seawater into freshwater. “Well we’re done with the permitting process, the five-year process comes to a close. We’ll spend the rest of the year closing construction financing and we expect to break ground the first half of next year.”
Oh, joy. A lagoon full of construction. We can hardly wait.
[Link: KPBS.org]
by The Editors on August 16, 2008
Thanks to the “discovery of two endagered birds” during an environmental review on the planned site of Carlsbad’s new High School, the opening date is going to be pushed off until 2011.
Two nests of least Bell’s vireo, which primarily inhabits riparian woodlands, scrub, and thickets for breeding, were found on city property between the high school site and College Boulevard, district Superintendent John Roach said. . . . The birds were discovered as part of an environmental review of the 57-acre site at College Boulevard and Cannon Road. The Carlsbad Unified School District is building the new campus to reduce overcrowding at Carlsbad High.
That means a little more time in the porta-classes, kids.
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune]
by The Editors on August 12, 2008
After closing Carlsbad State Beach on Sunday morning, city wastewater chief Don Wasko says no sewage actually reached the beach, according to a story in the San Diego Union-Triubne.
. . . none of the sewage actually reached the beach because it flowed into a street gutter and city crews helped vacuum it up. The beach closure, he said, was “erring on the side of caution.”
We whole heartedly approve of erring on the side of caution when it comes to sewage and the beach. Sadly, this didn’t keep Encinitas from having similar problems at Moonlight Beach.
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune]
by The Editors on August 10, 2008
Last night at 8:01 PM a pump (that pumps “wastewater” into the ocean) failed and the poop backed up, busting out 1,000 gallons of sewage onto Coast Highway and, according to the County of San Diego Department of Evnironmental Health about 100 gallons made it to the beach through a storm drain.
This “100-gallon-spill” was large enough to force the closure of Carlsbad State Beach from “Palomar Airport Road to the breakwater,” according to a story in the San Diego Union-Tribune. The beach will reportedly open just as soon as the water tests show that its cleaned up.
Carlsbadistan’s poop surfers rejoice.
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune]
by The Editors on August 7, 2008
Photos that the City of Carlsbad has posted on their website to show what NRG Energy’s proposed new power plants would look like have apparently upset the company, according to a story in the San Diego Union-Tribune.
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