Tag Archives: legislature
More Dirt on Sunflower Electric’s Coal-fired Power Plant
State legislators, Govs. Mark Parkinson and Sam Brownback, and the Kansas Department of Health and Environment have not acted in the public’s best interest during this tortured five-year saga. As a result, a weak permit was rushed through to allow the expansion. Continue reading
Gaming the System to Get a Coal Plant
Presumptions by Sunflower and their allies that the draft permit can be thoroughly and responsibly reviewed, and a final permit granted, before the end of the year are just that – presumptions. It seems that those making the accusations of “gaming the system” are the very ones doing the “gaming.” Efforts by elected officials and others to intimidate or pressure KDHE are potentially illegal, certainly unethical, and at the very least undermine the responsibility of the agency to objectively and fairly conduct the regulatory process in the interests of the public. Continue reading
‘Citizen army’ carries coal’s climate message to hinterlands
Coal’s biggest lobbying group is launching a $1 million campaign to win support from Senate Democrats, an effort that employs the same public relations firm ensnared by a scandal over forged letters to Congress. Continue reading
Coal Group Is Linked to Fake Letters on Climate Bill
A trade group representing coal producers and power companies says that it indirectly hired a lobbying firm that sent fake letters to lawmakers purporting to be from nonprofit groups opposed to climate-change legislation. Continue reading
Leaders to move quickly on coal
Legislators promised Tuesday to move quickly to enact a deal allowing a western Kansas utility to build a coal-fired power plant and ending a 19-month dispute between the governor’s office and the company. Continue reading
Enough fighting over coal plants
Surprising no one, Gov. Kathleen Sebelius vetoed the latest legislative attempt to approve two large coal-fired power plants near Holcomb in Finney County.
The Legislature should take a good look at all the economic, political and regulatory changes affecting new coal plants, then take Sebelius’ fourth “no” for an answer. Continue reading
Sebelius vetoes coal bill
Gov. Kathleen Sebelius kept a pledge Monday to veto a bill undercutting the capacity of state health regulators to deny Sunflower Electric Power Corp. a permit to build a large coal-fired plant. Continue reading
Why does GPACE support a veto of 2014?
Why does GPACE oppose the bill? It’s not comprehensive energy policy, it doesn’t establish regulatory certainty, and it misses the mark for financial responsibility. Continue reading
A message from GPACE director Scott Allegrucci
Here we go again. Two bills are moving quickly through the Kansas Legislature – they are a repeat of last years’ coal plant bills that hijacked the entire session. Continue reading
Kansans Prefer Wind Power, New Bipartisan Polling Shows
Registered Kansas voters strongly support reliance on Kansas resources. Continue reading
