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Unequal Risks and Benefits for Citizens in Six States on Keystone XL Pipeline Route
In Kansas, for example, lawmakers gave TransCanada a 10-year tax exemption, which means the state won’t receive any property tax revenue from the pipeline. Meanwhile, each of the other five states—Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Texas—would earn between $14 million and $63 million a year, according to U.S. State Department estimates. 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
Kansas Sues EPA Over Order to Cut Interstate Emissions from Power Plants
By Gabriel Nelson for Greenwire (via The New York Times) The state of Kansas has filed a federal lawsuit against the Obama administration’s plan to clean up power-plant emissions that drift across state lines, saying that Kansas power plants were … Continue reading
With New Pollution Rules, EPA Tries to Save Texas from Itself
Now, in a not-so-surprising move, the Environmental Protection Agency has finalized a new rule that will compel 27 states to cut smokestack emissions. The regulation targets coal-fired power plants and requires the reduction of sulfur dioxide, which contributes to soot and acid rain, and nitrogen oxide, a component of smog. Continue reading
West Texas City to Give Proposed Coal Plant Water
A West Texas town agreed Tuesday to sell much-needed water to a company that wants to build a coal-fired power plant, even though environmental groups argue the arid area can’t spare the resource. Continue reading
Deceit on Texas Blackouts Threatens American Prosperity and Security
In the face of readily available information, including from Texas’ own grid-managers (ERCOT), there is a bevy of fossil-foolish commentators falsely asserting that ‘greening’ efforts are to blame for freezing Texans. Continue reading
Wind Energy Helps Save the Day
Large amounts of wind energy flowed out of West Texas to help stabilize the Texas grid as fossil-fired power plants elsewhere in the state failed and went offline. Continue reading
When Wind is Reliable: Turbines Help Texans Avoid the Dark
On one of the coldest days in recent history there, after 4 days of subzero weather temperatures dipped to -11°C in some areas, wind turbines played a key role in maintaining power for millions of homes. Continue reading
Court Signs Off on EPA Takeover of Texas Permitting
If Texas put half the effort into carrying out greenhouse gas pollution control measures that it put into fighting them, EPA would not need to be involved Continue reading
Ranchers, Pecan Growers, and Experts Say Coal-Fired Power Plant Emissions Killing Texas Trees
“I’m not one of these fanatic environmentalists,” Faupel said. “But when you are a seventh generation rancher, you are taught to be a good steward of the land . and you want the things on it, the cattle and the vegetation, to be healthy. And they’re not.” Continue reading
