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Decoupling details
Kansas conversations on utilities and efficiency |
Sean Casten |
28 Aug 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Check out this article from Energy Central. A workshop in Topeka, Kansas has been trying to figure out how to incentivize Kansas utilities to embrace conservation. The local regulated utility summarizes the problem: 'We are totally committed to energy efficiency,' said Chris Giles of Kansas City Power and Light, 'as long as we can have the same level of return we would earn and prohibit the loss of profit margins.' Step one in the 12-step process is, after all, adm ... |
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| Topics: electricity, energy, energy efficiency, Kansas, utilities (all these topics) |
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Purple America
U.S. Senate candidate Jim Slattery discusses energy and environment for rural voters |
Kate Sheppard |
18 Jul 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Jim Slattery, a candidate for U.S. Senate in Kansas, dropped by Netroots Nation this morning to talk about how progressives can make inroads in the heartland. His panel, 'Rural America and the Progressive Movement,' took a look at some of the reasons rural voters shouldn't be written off as red. Energy and environment were two key issues the panel discussed, noting that higher gas prices and environmental degradation hit rural Americans the hardest. Listen Ka ... |
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| Topics: elections, interview, Kansas, Muckraker, news, politics, US Senate (all these topics) |
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What's not the matter with Kansas
Gov. Kathleen Sebelius talks to Grist about her fight against coal and her VP potential |
Kate Sheppard |
10 Jul 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Among the many names swirling in the Obama VP buzz is that of Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius. A second-term Democratic governor in what's traditionally seen as a bastion of conservatism, Sebelius earned national attention as the chair of the Democratic Governors Association in 2007 and for delivering the Democratic response to this year's State of the Union. But for many environmentalists, she made her mark with something else entirely. Kathleen Sebelius. Photo: ... |
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| Topics: interview, Kansas, Muckraker, news, politics, renewable energy, state politics (all these topics) |
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Looks like ...
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David Roberts |
23 May 2008 |
Gristmill |
| ... the coal battle in Kansas is over for the time being. Score: Coal-0; earth/Sebelius/Kansas ratepayers-1 |
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| Topics: coal, energy, Kansas, legislation, politics, state politics (all these topics) |
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Sebelius ...
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David Roberts |
19 May 2008 |
Gristmill |
| ... continues to kick ass. |
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| Topics: energy, heroes, Kansas, politics, state politics (all these topics) |
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From My Coal-Dead Kans.
Veto override fails in Kansas; embattled coal plants remain dead |
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02 May 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 10:57 AM on 02 May 2008 Two new coal-fired power plants will not be built in western Kansas due to a failed attempt to override the governor's veto. The coal-plant saga began when a state environment official last year rejected Sunflower Energy's permit to build the new plants -- the first such rejection in the U.S. on the basis of carbon dioxide emissions. State legislators who had backed the plan ... |
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| Topics: climate, coal, Kansas, news, politics, state politics (all these topics) |
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The latest on the expensivest cheap power around
The fight over coal heads to a climax in Kansas |
David Roberts |
29 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
| The fight over coal in Kansas is headed to a climactic battle on Wednesday, when the legislature gathers to finish its session. Twice it has sent bills to Gov. Kathleen Sebelius that would allow two blocked dirty coal plants to move forward; twice she has vetoed. The game on Wed. is for pro-coal legislators to scare up enough votes to override the veto. There's a good rundown on the action in the Kansas City Star, which includes this laugh-out-loud quote: 'We're ... |
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| Topics: coal, energy, Kansas, legislation, politics, state politics (all these topics) |
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If At First You Don't Succeed, Perhaps It Was a Bad Idea
Third try at coal-plant bill heads to Kansas governor |
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25 Apr 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 12:46 PM on 25 Apr 2008 With firm belief in the power of try, trying again, Kansas legislators have sent another coal-plant proposal to the desk of veto-happy Gov. Kathleen Sebelius. The governor has twice shot down legislation to allow a new two-unit coal plant to be built in her state, but legislative leaders say the new plan is a compromise: it would reduce the size of the ... |
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| Topics: coal, energy, Kansas, legislation, news, politics, state politics (all these topics) |
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Sebelius to Kansas legislature:
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David Roberts |
17 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
| No, I really meant it. |
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| Topics: coal, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, Kansas, legislation, politics, state politics (all these topics) |
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Kansas coal bill redux
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David Roberts |
07 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Once again the Kansas legislature has passed a bill pushing for coal plants, and once again Kansas Gov. Sebelius has vowed to veto it. Kansans should be proud. That's quite an ass-kicker they elected! |
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| Topics: coal, energy, Kansas, legislation, politics, state politics (all these topics) |
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Coal is not cheap: Kansas edition
Independent financial analysis finds that coal is a stinker of an investment for Kansas |
David Roberts |
25 Mar 2008 |
Gristmill |
| We've been following the ongoing battle over coal in Kansas closely. (The latest is that Gov. Sebelius vetoed a bill that would have moved the plants forward and prevented her KDHE secretary from blocking future plants.) Today brings an interesting development. A new report from a leading financial research firm, Innovest, comes to a blunt conclusion: building the plants would put Kansas ratepayers at substantial and ongoing risk. They would be saddled with long-term ... |
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| Topics: coal, economy, energy, Kansas, state politics (all these topics) |
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Tell us something we don't know
The Kansas City Star: New coal plants are expensive |
Sean Casten |
21 Mar 2008 |
Gristmill |
| The Kansas City Star reports: Electric bills are poised to soar for customers of utilities building coal-fired power plants. Coal-based electric utility executive responds: We're moving forward regardless of what you namby-pamby, cheap-energy-loving hippies think.* Michael Dworkin then raises the obvious question: You've got to ask: 'Do you think we have reached a point where it economically doesn't make sense?' It will be interesting to see how this af ... |
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| Topics: business, coal, energy, Kansas (all these topics) |
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She's Got a Feeling You're Not in Kansas Anymore
Bill to allow new dirty coal plant vetoed by Kansas governor |
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21 Mar 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 3:09 PM on 21 Mar 2008 Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius has vetoed a bill that would have allowed a new two-unit coal plant to be built in her state. The legislation would have overturned an October decision by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment to deny Sunflower Electric a coal-plant permit on the basis of greenhouse-gas emissions. The bill Sebelius kicked to the cu ... |
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| Topics: coal, energy, heroes, Kansas, legislation, news, politics, state politics (all these topics) |
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Sebelius vetoes coal bill
Governor plays chicken with legislature over coal in Kansas |
David Roberts |
21 Mar 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius has vetoed Senate Bill 327, whereby the state legislature would have constrained the powers of Kansas Dept. of Health and Environment Secretary Roderick Bremby, prohibited "consideration of any standards beyond the Clean Air Act" (which, remember, U.S. EPA refuses to apply to CO2, despite the Supreme Court's orders), and green-lit two new coal plants -- 11 million tons of CO2. This is from Sebelius' statement: Instead of b ... |
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| Topics: coal, energy, Kansas, politics, state politics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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Obama takes Maine in a wicked pissah
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David Roberts |
11 Feb 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Looks like Obama has won Maine in something of a blowout. This was a state that was widely expected to go to Clinton, and in which she had a commanding lead in the polls through late last year. At this point she's got to be wishing everyone could just go to sleep until the Texas primary. On the bright side, she's got a very, very narrow lead in New Mexico, with 99% reporting. In other rumorish news, it suuure sounds like Colin Powell's getting ready to endorse Obama: ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, elections, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Mike Huckabee, politics, presidential race 08, Washington (all these topics) |
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Huckabee wins Kansas
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David Roberts |
09 Feb 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Like the headline says. Wonder where he comes down on those coal plants. |
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| Topics: coal, elections, energy, Kansas, Mike Huckabee, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Kansas Republicans against global warming
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David Roberts |
01 Feb 2008 |
Gristmill |
| A prominent Republican Kansas legislator comes out in support of Sebelius and against his ideological brethren on the subject of Kansas coal plants: When every Academy of Science in every developed, industrialized nation agrees, and when the overwhelming number of scientists throughout the world state man-made global warming is a reality, then I would ask this: Can we afford to gamble that all of them are wrong? You may be a skeptic. I am a true believer. ... |
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| Topics: coal, energy, Kansas, politics, state politics (all these topics) |
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Testing Sebelius
Kansas dirty-energy advocates make their play to allow coal plants |
David Roberts |
31 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| The fight over coal plants in Kansas has taken another turn. State legislators have introduced a new law that they say is "fair to both sides." That characterization could not be more comical. First of all, the bill was crafted in secret by four legislators who are members of the Kansas Electric Transmission Authority and support building the coal plants. No environmentalists were invited to the table, but the plants developer, Sunflower Electric Power, &q ... |
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| Topics: coal, energy, Kansas, politics, state politics (all these topics) |
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Sebelius backing down?
New 'air of cooperation' between Kansas state gov't and coal companies |
David Roberts |
28 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| This evening, Kansas governor Kathleen Sebelius will give the Democratic rejoinder to Bush's SOTU speech. There has been quite a bit of speculation -- here on Grist, among other places -- about Sebelius' possible fitness as a VP candidate. Via Ezra, this actual Kansan blogger throws cold water on the notion. Particularly concerning: Her appointee, Kansas Department of Health and Environment Secretary Rod Bremby (a friendly acquaintance/source of mine), rejected tw ... |
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| Topics: coal, energy, Kansas, politics (all these topics) |
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Sebelius as VP?
Can the Kansas governor show toughness under assault from Big Coal? |
David Roberts |
17 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| A certain faction of young progressive bloggers is fond of the notion of Barack Obama picking Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius as his running mate. She is a successful, popular, progressive governor in a red state, and has shown a real talent for bringing people together to produce practical results. That would compliment Obama's core message. (Then again, she's a woman, and if this race has demonstrated anything, it's that misogyny is alive and well in America.) What fa ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, coal, elections, energy, Kansas, politics, presidential race 08, state politics (all these topics) |
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The greening of Greensburg
How one small town in Kansas is turning disaster into progress |
Maywa Montenegro |
28 Dec 2007 |
Gristmill |
| There wasn't much to be happy about on today's media spectrum. So I thought I'd share one heartwarming story about one Kansas town's efforts to pick up the pieces after a devastating tornado:Townhomes are beginning to rise from the ragged tree trunks, weeds and ruins off Main Street. They mark a radical departure from traditional low-income housing, according to Duncan Trahl, who is from Pennsylvania and on contract with the National Renewable Energy Labs.The to ... |
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| Topics: green building, Kansas, placemaking, urban planning (all these topics) |
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Decide Effects
Kansas Supreme Court to hear case against landmark coal-plant permit denial |
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30 Nov 2007 |
News |
| Posted at 7:02 AM on 30 Nov 2007 In October, Kansas made an important first by denying a construction permit to a coal-fired power plant due to its carbon dioxide emissions, saying such emissions could harm human health and the environment. The companies behind the $3.6 billion project, as well as other business groups, were outraged by the decision. (Enviros rejoiced.) Attack ads were launched and lawsui ... |
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| Topics: climate, coal, Kansas, litigation, news (all these topics) |
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Kansas newspaper parodies coal industry attack ad
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David Roberts |
11 Nov 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Remember the xenophobic attack ads the coal industry ran against Kansas governor Kathleen Sebelius? The ones funded by energy giants Sunflower and Peabody? The ones they subsequently refused to apologize for? The Kansas newspaper Wichita Eagle, rather than indulging in the outraged harumphing featured on sites like, uh, this one, decided to go the parody route. They've not only got a funny editorial up, but created a funny parody video, which you can see by clicking t ... |
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| Topics: coal, energy, funnies, Kansas (all these topics) |
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It's the PC Thing to Do
Kansas, Minnesota pledge to green up government computer systems |
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09 Nov 2007 |
News |
| Posted at 7:29 AM on 09 Nov 2007 Think of states that are environmental frontrunners, and Kansas and Minnesota may not leap immediately to mind. But it's those two that are taking the lead in reducing energy use from government computer systems. Teaming up with the industry-backed Climate Savers Computing Initiative, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R) and Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius (D) -- whose states each ... |
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| Topics: business, greening biz operations, Kansas, Minnesota, news, politics, state politics, tech (all these topics) |
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The ridiculous and the sublime
From denying climate disruption to denying a coal plant permit application |
JMG |
19 Oct 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Who knew Kansas and Oklahoma could be so far apart? Worlds apart. From an interview with Inhofe: [Senator James M. Inhofe (R-Okla.)] also co-authored an article for the Energy Law Journal on 'Energy and the Environment: The Future of Natural Gas in America.' In the interview, this self-described 'one-man Truth Squad' provides a frank and candid account of the evolution of his position on global warming, from believing that manmade gases are the cause of climate change ... |
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| Topics: climate, coal, energy, James Inhofe, Kansas (all these topics) |
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