Buses are available to tonight's Gregory Canyon Landfill hearing in Fallbrook.

START: Sierra Club San Diego Office: 8304 Clairemont Mesa Blvd. (parking lot is
available) starting at 4:15pm.
Stop 2: La Costa Park and Ride (located east of I-5 and on the north side of La Costa
Avenue in Carlsbad) map location.
Stop 3: The Oceanside Park and ride, which is just west of the I-5 at 128 Moreno and
Vista Way (map here).

Why is opposing the project this important to Surfrider Foundation San Diego County Chapter? The proposed 300-acre Gregory Canyon Landfill would be built on the banks of the San Luis Rey River, threatening a major drinking water source for thousands of people. Local agencies, elected officials, environmental groups and Native Americans agree that these essential water supplies must be protected and preserved at all costs.

The County of San Diego is deciding whether to approve a key permit that the landfill needs in order to operate. We need to make sure the County gets the message that placing a garbage dump on the banks of a river makes no sense. The bottom line is that garbage and water just don't mix.

Tonight, 6:30. Fallbrook Community Library.

Please Attend Gregory Canyon Landfill Hearing

Please attend the Gregory Canyon Landfill hearing tomorrow. This dangerous project would impact our watersheds and beaches downstream. See the following notice from our friends at Sierra Club for information and transportation.

As you know the proposed Gregory Canyon Landfill threatens the San Luis Rey River and its vital fresh water supplies. It would also desecrate a sacred mountain. The US Army Corps of Engineers will hold a public hearing to "scope" the contents of an Environmental Impact Statement being prepared for the project. We hope to get a large turnout to demonstrate opposition to the project. Testimony is welcome and should focus on the lack of demonstrable need for the landfill and the imperative of a Least Environmentally Damaging Practicable Alternative (LEDPA) that does not have the severe impacts associated with this site.

Here are the particulars:

June 3, 2010

6:00 p.m.

City of San Marcos Senior Center

Horizon Room

111 Richmar Avenue,

San Marcos, CA 92069

Please let your members know and otherwise try to round up attendance -- especially by signing up for the chartered bus the Sierra Club is organizing. Here is the information for the bus -- please pass along!

Ride With Us on a Charter Bus To Protect Drinking Water!
Gregory Canyon Landfill Army Corps of Engineering Hearing
June 3, 2010 6:00pm
City of San Marcos Senior Center (Horizon Room)
111 Richmar Avenue

4:30 PM -- Bus departs Sierra Club office
8304 Clairemont Mesa Blvd, San Diego
Return, leave Senior Center between 8:30 and 9:00
** Snacks and Water, will be provided
LET US DO THE DRIVING!
Call 858-569-6005 to save your space!

Please ATTEND the public meeting and tell the Army Corps of Engineers to protect our aquifers, the San Luis Rey river basin, the wildlife and precious drinking water supplies that come from this region! We need to make a bold statement; the more people who attend the meeting, the louder the message will be to the Corps.
It is important that the Army Corps get the message loud and clear that placing a garbage dump in a river basin makes NO SENSE! Garbage and water is a recipe for disaster.

For more information contact Ed Kimura at emkimura@earthlink.net or 858-569-2025; or Pam Epstein at pepstein@sierraclubsandiego.org or 858.569.6005.

Surfspots, Drinking Water and Beaches Imperiled

Sierra Club San Diego is hosting a meeting tonight on the very risky Gregory Canyon Landfill. This horrific project would result in contamination of drinking water, foul the San Luis Rey River and contaminate surfspots and beaches downstream. See the meeting notice below.

Attend a informational meeting on Gregory Canyon Landfill this Wednesday, May 26, 2010, 6:30pm during the Land Use Committee meeting, at the Sierra Club Office located at 8304 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., Ste. 101. This meeting will provide a an overview of the project, and will discuss the importance of the Army Corps of Engineers hearing as well as Charter Bus transportation.

Gregory Canyon Landfill Community Meeting April 21

Surfrider Foundation San Diego Chapter will be holding its monthly chapter meeting at the Oceanside library on April 21 at 7:00 PM. At this meeting we will be discussing the Gregory Canyon Landfill with the Oceanside community. This dangerous project, on a site previously rejected by the County of San Diego, threatens drinking water supplies in San Diego County and would desecrate Native American sacred sites. Please check here for additional details on our April 21 meeting.

Cycle of Insanity - The Real Story of Water

You are invited to the premiere of our film, Cycle of Insanity - The Real Story of Water. This film, narrated by Zuleikha Robinson (who will be attending the premeiere), Ilana of ABC-TV's LOST, tells the real story of how we manage our water cycle. Check out the trailer and join us for the premiere!

Press Release

Invitation

Directions

Metro Water District to Consider Subsidy of Poseidon Resources

Dear Board of Directors:
As an environmentalist and a rate-payer, I urge you NOT to approve the subsidy for the Carlsbad Desalination Project through the San Diego County Water Authority. The Metropolitan Water District should instead prioritize support for public projects that provide regional water independence, and are environmentally sustainable and fiscally responsible. Providing $350 million to subsidize water produced by a company with an unproven track record meets none of these goals.

In Florida, Poseidon's Tampa Bay desalination plant was $40 million over budget, five years late, and has yet to produce the 25 million gallons per day it promised on a regular basis. Now Poseidon plans to bet the health of our marine environment on its latest attempt to build a plant twice that size.

Poseidon Resources is seeking a $250 per acre foot subsidy from Metropolitan Water District for its Carlsbad Desalination Project. Poseidon's plant is a bad deal for the environment and for customers. The company's previous attempt at a major desalination in Tampa Bay was an utter failure. This project is not the solution, merely exacerbating global warming at rate-payers' and the ocean environment's expense. While you may have seen recent news stories that final approval has been granted, there are still a few hurdles to clear such as funding. Tell the Metropolitan Water District not to subsidize this project and the irresponsible use of our precious ocean resources.

Take action now by emailing the Board of Directors, suggested text is below: OfficeoftheGeneralManager2@mwdh2o.com

This project cannot be reconciled with MWD's promise to address climate change through responsible water supply options in the Integrated Resources Plan. We all share the responsibility of ensuring a reliable water supply. To meet that responsibility, we all play a role in water planning as well. But we cannot trade water security for energy insecurity. This project will only exacerbate some of the very threats to our current water supplies.

Moreover, the Carlsbad Desalination Project is extremely destructive to the marine ecosystem. By using an open-ocean intake system to draw in 304 million gallons per day of ocean water to create merely 50 million gallons of drinking water, the project will kill vast amounts of fish and other aquatic life in the process. EPA estimates that power plants in California using such intakes destroy 312.9 million pounds of fish each year, a $13.6 million loss to California fishermen.

I urge you to reject the proposed $350 million in subsidies. Instead more money should be allocated to environmentally beneficial water programs such as conservation, reclamation, and low impact development.

Sincerely,
(your name here)