Tag Archives: air pollution
Tri-State’s Coal Plant in Kansas: Fact from Fiction
As the saying goes, we are all entitled to our own opinions, but not our own facts. We strongly believe the real importance lies in not confusing the two. Many supporters of the proposed Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association (Tri-State)/ … Continue reading
Sunflower Coal Plant Gets Break from State on New Pollution Laws
The controversial Sunflower coal plant in western Kansas may have caught a break Thursday when the state gave it an unusual extension on its construction permit. The state order means the proposed power plant apparently will not have to face new and stricter pollution laws when the utility finally breaks ground. Continue reading
Utilities Companies Weighing Cost of Environmental Retrofits with Building Newer, Cleaner Energy
An energy case before the Kansas Corporation Commission could set a precedent for how utility companies handle expensive environmental upgrades to their coal plants. Continue reading
Westar: ‘No Way’ We Can Meet Pollution Rules
Westar Energy’s top air-quality official says it will be impossible for the state’s dominant electric company to comply with new federal pollution regulations taking effect at the beginning of next year. Continue reading
EPA Administrator: Clean Air Regs Needed To Protect Children’s Health
EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson was in Kansas City today, promoting the proposed regulations. KCUR’s Elana Gordon caught up with Jackson by phone this morning, just prior to her visit. Jackson said the U.S. is at critical point when it comes to environmental health. Continue reading
American Lung Association Clean Air Survey
The American Lung Association recently conducted a nationwide, bipartisan survey to examine public views of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) enforcement of clean air standards. The results of the survey, which show strong support of the Clean Air Act, come … Continue reading
New York Attorney General to Sue Pennsylvania Power Plant
The lawsuit seeks to require the companies to comply fully with the Act, including installing state-of-the-art pollution controls to address these pollution increases. Continue reading
Mapping Mortality
A very sad state of affairs, however, we are so grateful to those on the Post Gazette research and reporting team for a job well done. Investigative series will run for additional seven days and will show the devastating impacts from the entire cycle of coal-fired combustion and coal extraction. Continue reading
It’s Our Future
Recently, Physicians for Social Responsibility issued a report showing that coal emissions contribute to four of the five leading causes of death in this country. That means that although Sunflower claims this plant will be the “cleanest in the country,” if it is built, Kansans will be at an increased risk for heart disease, cancer, stroke, and lower respiratory diseases, such as chronic bronchitis and emphysema. So although Colorado is poised to get 80 percent of the energy produced by the plant, Kansas will be stuck with 100 percent of the pollution and 100 percent of the health risks. Continue reading
Common Values on Energy
Terms like “global warming” and “cap and trade” have become politicized and are distracting North Dakotans from the important issues in the energy and pollution debates. Let’s set partisanship aside, and watch common sense and shared values emerge. What are some shared values on which we can all agree? Continue reading
