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Give Anyone in Kansas an Idea?
A power company plans to build a natural gas-fired plant in southern Ohio on a site where it scrapped plans for a plant using coal. 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
Wind Energy Sector Adds Kansas Jobs
Jupiter Group plans to move into 41,000 square feet of existing space and be operating by Aug. 1. Initially the facility will have 15 to 30 employees and over the next few years could see up to 100 additional workers. The company is making a $2.4 million investment. Continue reading
Colorado Shows How It’s Done
As the U.S. Senate now prepares to consider a new climate bill, Congress can consider how readiily climate action can take hold, through the example of Colorado. This politically diverse state has aggressively embraced climate action as a way to grow its economy. Continue reading
Sustainability Blowing in the Wind
The wind here is so ubiquitous that we prairie folk might fail to recognize it as our most valuable natural resource. Harnessing the wind could reshape the economic fabric of our state, and that of the entire nation along with it. Continue reading
Colorado Enacts Law Replacing Coal Power with Cleaner Energy
DENVER, Colorado, April 20, 2010 (ENS) – Colorado Governor Bill Ritter Monday signed into law the Colorado Clean Air-Clean Jobs Act, legislation that requires the utility Xcel to cut nitrogen oxide emissions by up to 80 percent from several Front Range coal plants by the end of 2017, most likely sooner. Continue reading
Coal Chiefs Go on Offensive as Pickens Pushes Case for Natural Gas
A dramatic preamble to an upcoming climate policy fight played out yesterday on Capitol Hill, pitting the coal, oil and natural gas industries against each other as lawmakers fired up debate about powering a low-carbon U.S. economy. Continue reading
Midwest Turns to Wind Turbines
The wind-energy industry last year installed 5,700 new turbines with more than 10,000 megawatts of generating capacity — enough to serve more than 2.4 million homes — said the American Wind Energy Association. Continue reading
What Are We Fighting For? (Part 7)
Well, if it’s not about the jobs, or energy needs, or exporting electricity, what is the proposed Sunflower Electric coal plant about? Exactly. If the proposed coal plant is not the best available way to address jobs, energy needs, or economic development, why would most Kansans support it? Continue reading
What Are We Fighting For? (Part 5)
The coal plant will provide needed jobs and economic development to Kansas in the midst of the worst recession in recent memory. How can we say no to that? Because it won’t – not anytime soon. It is absolutely important to create jobs and investment in this recession. But given all the regulatory, legal, and financial issues with the proposed project, construction won’t begin for at least a couple of years. So, the construction jobs won’t exist until then. How does that help Kansans now? Continue reading
