Tag Archives: Mark Parkinson
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
Kansas Energy and the Bremby Decision: Four Years Later
Efforts continue to obscure the facts, derail the rule of law, and deny the public interest in order to benefit the coal plant project and its special interest allies, but Mr. Bremby’s decision four years ago remains as visionary and important an act of public service now as it was in October of 2007. Continue reading
Failed Duty
An email trail reveals a stunning betrayal of the public trust by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. From The Lawrence Journal World This is not how government is supposed to work. An email trail examined by a Kansas City … Continue reading
A Polluted Process by Mark Parkinson’s Administration on Sunflower Permit
Kansas City Star Editorial Opposing sides are still debating whether the proposed Sunflower coal-fired plant in western Kansas would pollute the environment. But emails obtained by The Star leave little doubt that the process the state of Kansas used to grant … Continue reading
Collusion Between Sunflower & KDHE – Ask EPA & KS AG to Intervene
Topic: Proposed Sunflower Electric/Tri-State G&T Holcomb Station coal plant. Action: Contact the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) via Sierra Club’s alert page – ask EPA to fulfill its responsibility to the public, oppose a corrupt and politically-influenced permit process, and … Continue reading
Fired KDHE Leader Speaks Out At Last
They told him no, he would no longer be KDHE secretary. He was told that he could receive a severance package if he agreed not to discuss the issues until after Parkinson left office in January. Continue reading
“The Cleanest Coal Plant in the Country?” Not.
In fact, there are currently hundreds of coal plants in the country that are already emitting fewer harmful pollutants than the recent KDHE permit allows the proposed Holcomb 2 coal-fired unit to spew. Given the political tactics and misinformation used to advance this project, one wonders how many other claims in support of this coal plant are simply not true. Continue reading
Future of Domestic Energy Production
Kansas City Star reporter Karen Dillon also updates listeners on the Sunflower Electric coal-fired power plant, the KDHE permit process involving former Secretary Rod Bremby and outgoing governor Mark Parkinson. Continue reading
Coal Wars
Coal-burning plants are on their way out in Colorado, California, Arizona, Oregon and elsewhere, but here in Kansas we’re staying old school, at least in part. The 7 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions produced by the new plant will contradict the state’s clean energy incentives, but no one said we Kansans aren’t complicated. Continue reading
Richard Crowson Political Cartoon on the Sunflower Plant
A new political cartoon about the coal plant permit from renowned Kansan Richard Crowson: Continue reading
