Gov. Mead Blasts Green River Pipeline Proposal

Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead is blasting a proposed pipeline that would carry water from the Green River in his state to Colorado's Front Range. Mead is submitting comments to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Friday stating that he and others in Wyoming have grave concerns with Fort Collins businessman Aaron Million's pipeline proposal. The federal energy agency is reviewing Million's application for a preliminary permit to allow him to build a pipeline that would draw up to 250,000 acre feet of water a year. Mead says the project would hurt endangered fish and impair recreation. Environmental groups also oppose the plan. Million shifted his application from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission this year. He says turbines on the pipeline would generate some electricity.