The fossil fuel lobby is panicking. Kansas was recently the site of a bold repudiation of coal -- Roderick L. Bremby, Secretary of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, established a new precedent by denying a coal plant permit on the basis of CO2, with the full backing of Kansas governor Kathleen Sebelius.
Look at the slime Big Coal put out in several Kansas newspapers today:
Lovely. Nothing like a little overt xenophobia to liven up the energy debate.
The ad was placed by a group called "Kansans for Affordable Energy," which according to the AP is partially funded by Sunflower Electric Power Corp. -- the very company whose permits were rejected by Bremby.
Sebelius called the ads "over-the-top nonsense." That's a rather kind way of putting it. Click on the image above to see the full ad.
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The Cunctator Posted 4:14 am
06 Nov 2007
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mitsya Posted 11:33 pm
24 Mar 2008
Since it does not have significant coal reserves, wouldn't a move away from coal actually help create jobs for Kansans? Hmmm, sounds like Sebelius' move killed a couple of birds with that stone!!
My regret is that I moved across the line to Missouri before she was voted into office...
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