From the Kansas Chapter of The Sierra Club
You may recall last year that Governor Parkinson entered into an agreement with Sunflower which attempted to allow construction of one coal plant. The good news for us is that governors don’t have the authority to grant air permits, so our fight is not over!
Sierra Club and Earthjustice petitioned the Kansas Department of Health and Environment to require Sunflower to update their permit and host public hearings to allow for citizen input – and we won. The EPA has agreed to our requests and public hearings will likely be scheduled in August. Since we were not allowed to voice concerns when Governor Parkinson entered into an agreement with Sunflower, now is our time to make our voice heard.
Sign onto our statement to demonstrate opposition to new coal plants in Kansas!
We need your help now more than ever to ensure unnecessary coal plants are not built in Kansas. In addition to the host of environmental and public health threats associated with this coal plant, Sunflower Electric remains in debt to taxpayers for their existing coal plant in Holcomb1.
Sierra Club has opposed this misguided project from day one, and we need your help to keep dirty coal plants out of Kansas.
Add your name to our statement to put Kansas on a path to clean energy!
Sincerely,
Stephanie Cole
Kansas Sierra Club
P.S. We’ve launched a new website that is dedicated to the Sunflower coal plant. We’ll post updates, factsheets, and newslinks related to our Kansas Beyond Coal Campaign on this website. Check us out here.
[1] Learn more about Sunflower’s debt to taxpayers here: http://www.sierraclub.org/coal/ks/pr/pr2009-10-03.aspx
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