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Diversion of Weatherization Funds in Kansas Perplexes Homeowners
Kansas lost more than a thousand jobs and the chance to weatherize thousands of homes, thanks to a state-run loan program that rolled out too slowly. The Brownback administration gave over $20 million to two organizations as a grant, as opposed to having this money flow for years through communities to all kinds of middle class residents. Continue reading
Kansas Ranks 48th in Energy Efficiency
Kansas finds itself in a familiar position when it comes to energy efficiency – trailing the nation and falling farther behind. Continue reading
Holub Says Brownback Meeting Productive
Holub said Brownback was surprised to learn that Kansas was the only state that gave a tax exemption to the pipeline. Continue reading
Brownback Brings Heat to Energy Policy
By Tim Carpenter for the Topeka Capital-Journal Gov. Sam Brownback endorsed continuation of a federal tax credit for renewable power Tuesday to complement the state’s unwavering reliance on oil, coal and natural gas to meet energy demands. He told participants … Continue reading
Pipeline Hearing Draws Energy Rivals
I consider this project to be a direct threat to Kansas’ environmental future. The Keystone XL pipeline represents not energy independence but a new dependence on an even dirtier, environmentally devastating form of energy. Continue reading
State Department Hears from Kansas, Texas Residents on Pipeline Critics Say Would Carry ‘Dirty Oil’
An energy policy that moves the nation toward an even dirtier form of oil and involves such devastation of God’s creation represents a profound moral failure. Continue reading
Tar Sands Pipeline Focus of Topeka Hearing
In Kansas, pipeline rivals will square off at the State Department event from noon to 3:30 p.m. and 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Expocentre. A coalition of environmental groups scheduled at rally at 3:30 p.m. in the facility’s parking lot. Continue reading
Governor Sam Brownback: Wind Offers Clean Path to Growth
The moment is approaching when our nation must decide how it’s going to power the future. Experience has taught us that investment in the renewable-energy economy is creating jobs across all employment sectors. The price of Kansas wind is now competitive with the traditional sources of energy, and you can get guaranteed rates for the next 20 years. Continue reading
Serve Kansans’ Health
By Rhonda Holman for the Wichita Eagle The Kansas Department of Health and Environment under Gov. Kathleen Sebelius created “regulatory uncertainty” for business, or so critics said. Nowadays, it increasingly looks as if the certainty is that KDHE will do … Continue reading
The Message to Kansans: ‘Let Them Eat Coal Dust’
The Kansas City Star recently obtained a sample of the many hundreds of emails between the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) and Sunflower Electric Power Corporation (Sunflower) that indicate Sunflower staff, attorneys, and consultants drafted KDHE responses to … Continue reading
