Tag Archives: water
Expect Water, Gas to be Hot Topics
The Kansas Legislature is getting ready — and many legislators don’t even realize it yet — for two, yes, two, of the most politically explosive and complicated issues that most have ever dealt with. Continue reading
As the Water Table Drops, Great Plains Farmers Must Cut Use by 75%
Water users will need to use only a quarter of the water they use now, according to the study. Computer models simulating climate changes that predict more frequent droughts and changing rainfall patterns bring more uncertainty to the continuation of current water practices. Continue reading
Thirsty Power Plants Threaten Watersheds, Study Finds
Coal-fired plants alone account for 67 percent of freshwater withdrawals by the power sector and for 65 percent of the water completely consumed by it. So many plants rely on water-cooling that they accounted for 41 percent of the withdrawals of freshwater in the United States in 2005. Continue reading
EPA Empowered to Oversee Shale Extraction
Production from shale formations has grown from a negligible amount just a few years ago to almost 15 percent of total U.S. natural gas production and this share is expected to triple in the coming decades. By 2035, natural gas, generally, will make up about 45 percent of the utility generation market. 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
Too Dirty to Fail? House Republicans’ Assault on our Environmental Laws Must be Stopped
No credible economist links our current economic crisis — or any economic crisis — to tough clean-air and clean-water standards. Our environment affects red states and blue states alike. It is time for House Republicans to stop politicizing our air and water. Let’s end “too dirty to fail.” Continue reading
Why Every Kansan Should Oppose Keystone XL
It is not in our national interest to (1) support continued destruction of First Nations homelands, (2) suffer more job losses from higher fuel prices, (3) incur the extreme environmental losses that will surely come and (4) cede property rights to a Canadian corporation for oil we don’t need. Continue reading
GPACE Public Comment on the Keystone XL Pipeline, Submitted to the US Department of State
What follows is a copy of public comments submitted by GPACE to the United States Department of State (via US DoS website submission) concerning the pending National Interest Determination and Presidential Permit review process for the proposed TransCanada Keystone XL … Continue reading
Water Issues, Carbon, and Price of Power Top Utility Concerns
By Chris Holly for Energy Daily (from Coal Power Mag) In a clear sign of growing industry unease about the availability of water for power plant operations, utility officials recently surveyed by Black & Veatch on a host of policy … Continue reading
Tri-State’s Coal Plant in Kansas: Fact from Fiction
As the saying goes, we are all entitled to our own opinions, but not our own facts. We strongly believe the real importance lies in not confusing the two. Many supporters of the proposed Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association (Tri-State)/ … Continue reading
