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Changing the Climate Conversation to Conservation

August 31, 2011 by Silvio Marcacci
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Polling data shows the percentage of Americans concerned about climate change is falling, down 12 percent over the past 10 years, according to a recent Gallup Poll, and in some parts of the country the term “global warming” is practically taboo. So why then are some of the states with the biggest populations of global-warming skeptics also some of the states making the biggest investments in renewable energy? [read more]

Greenburg Destroyed by Tornado, But Rebuilds With Wind

July 8, 2011 by Rocky Kistner
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Out on the Kansas prairie, where the wind is steady and strong, clouds of dust and grain chaff swirl near colossal combines that comb fields of corn and wheat. A constant breeze cuts through the stifling summer heat. But the refreshing winds can be deadly when forces of nature... [read more]

Green Jobs Created in US but Lost in UK

May 9, 2009 by Vicky Portwain
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Wind turbine manufacturer Siemans announced this week that it is to open a production facility in Kansas creating 400 new green collar jobs. The 300,000 square foot facility is to provide for the rapidly increasing demand for wind turbine components in North and South America. Its role will be specifically to make the wind turbine... [read more]

Quick Kansas Update - A 3rd Veto

May 21, 2008 by Joseph Romm
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This past Saturday, Governor Sebelius vetoed the third (and final) piece of legislation that proposed two new coal-fired power plants in western Kansas. There’s still a chance that legislators will attempt an override on May 29th. Like last time, an override is a given in the Senate, but the House votes are in question. Her comments are... [read more]

The Coal Calm in Kansas, for now

May 18, 2008 by Joseph Romm
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Ever since the Kansas House failed to override Governor Sebelius’ veto of two coal plants, the state’s chambers have fallen quiet. Not because the issue is dead; but the actors are laying low, reflecting, and figuring out their next move. In the meantime, persona speculation is rampant. There is talk of the Governor’s potential as a... [read more]

Greensburg, Kansas going green one year post-disaster

May 7, 2008 by Joseph Romm
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For the rest of their lives, high school students in Greensburg, KS will remember two things about this last year of their life. Most memorable will be the date 5-4-07, when a 205-mph, F-5 tornado tore through their community and changed everything about their lives. And it will be pretty hard to forget that in remembrance, the... [read more]

Kansas’ Coal, Coal Heart

April 28, 2008 by Joseph Romm
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The showdown in Kansas over two proposed coal-fired power plants continues to escalate such that any gamer or game theorist could be entertained for days on end. After Secretary Rod Bremby rejected the coal plants’ permits, Governor Kathleen Sebelius has twice vetoed legislation attempting to leapfrog Sec. Bremby’s decision. A few weeks... [read more]

Can Kansas Envision the Dream Reborn?

April 4, 2008 by Joseph Romm
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Yesterday, the Kansas Senate was swept by agreement to override Gov. Kathleen Sebelius’ veto of legislation allowing two coal-fired power plants to be built in Kansas (whose permits were previously denied by Health and Environment Sec. Bremby). Today, the vote moves over to the House, where the prospects for an override are much weaker... [read more]

Risky Business: Coal to Cost Kansas

March 25, 2008 by Joseph Romm
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Innovest, a firm that researches investment and risks, released a report today that concludes that the proposed expansion of the Holcomb coal-fired power plant in western Kansas is not a financially sound or well thought-out decision. From their press release (emphasis added): Innovest examined the economics of the transaction and... [read more]

Big Coal Tries To Bribe Kansas Legislature To Approve New Coal Plants

February 21, 2008 by Jonathan Smith
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Along with Think Progress, this blog has noted that the coal industry has sponsored nearly all of the presidential debates hosted by CNN. Think Progress also has noted that Big Coal now has a website and has launched TV ads to spout its propaganda. Like the ad for a well-known pesticide from their Big Oil brethren, the ads use children... [read more]

Dark Cloud (of Emissions) Over Kansas

February 21, 2008 by Joseph Romm
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Seven votes short of over-riding a veto, the Kansas House has passed legislation allowing two new coal-fired power plants in western Kansas. This is quite possibly the latest answer to that whiny question I usually hate - “What’s the matter with Kansas?” What’s the matter is that bloody Kansas has again become a battleground between... [read more]

Kansas one sad step closer to new coal

February 14, 2008 by Joseph Romm
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Unfortunately, the legislation introduced in Kansas to overturn Sec. Bremby’s rejection of two new coal-fired power plants has passed through the state’s Senate. It is still unclear whether the legislation will be able to acquire the 2/3rds majority needed to overturn a veto by Governor Kathleen Sebelius, which is practically a... [read more]

Two Bills Try to Fool Kansas

February 6, 2008 by Joseph Romm
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One legislative bill, and one William Wehrum. Disguised as a compromise, a handful of legislators have quickly thrown together a bill (in secret — read essentially written by coal advocates) that would overturn Kansas Department of Health and Environment Secretary Roderick Bremby’s earlier decision to reject the expansion of the Holcomb... [read more]

Kansas may be torn but it should trust Gov. Sebelius

January 15, 2008 by Joseph Romm
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Kansas is no stranger to controversy, to being pulled in opposing directions. During the Civil War, Bleeding Kansas, as the state was called, was trapped in the middle of the country - at the tender border between the Confederacy and the Union - and regularly a witness to bloody raids and battles over slaves. Today, the state finds... [read more]

Greensburg, Kansas to Rebuild Public Buildings at LEED Platinum in Aftermath of May Tornado

January 3, 2008 by Stephen Del Percio
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Last May, the city of Greensburg, Kansas was devastated by a tornado that killed ten people and injured over fifty of its 1,400 residents- as you can see from the image, the level of destruction was almost incomprehensible. Back on December 17, though, the city passed a resolution to rebuild its public buildings greater than 4,000... [read more]