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Coal is the enemy of the human race: Roderick Bremby is a hero edition
Kansas coal plant air permit denied on basis of CO2 |
David Roberts |
18 Oct 2007 |
Gristmill |
| More bad news for coal / good news for humanity. This is a particularly delicious morsel, to be savored slowly, like a fine truffle. Roderick L. Bremby, enemy of coal, friend of the human race Photo: KDHE. For years now, a power company called Sunflower has been pushing to build two 700MW coal-fired power plants in Kansas, backed by the usual happy-horseshit PR about how clean and modern and awesome the plants would be. Then there was a public comment period ... |
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| Topics: coal, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, Kansas (all these topics) |
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Leo, I've Got a Feeling We're Not in Hollywood Anymore
DiCaprio-produced series will rebuild tornado-ravaged Kansas town |
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16 Jul 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Leo, I've Got a Feeling We're Not in Hollywood Anymore DiCaprio-produced series will rebuild tornado-ravaged Kansas town It's official: Nine months after the rumors began, Leonardo DiCaprio has confirmed that he and a partner will give birth to ... a reality series on green building. DiCaprio will executive produce the 13-part Eco-Town on the Discove ... |
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| Topics: celebrity, green living, Kansas, Leonardo DiCaprio, news, placemaking, severe weather, urban planning (all these topics) |
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Black Coffeyville
Oil spill adds agitation to tri-state flooding |
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03 Jul 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Black Coffeyville Oil spill adds agitation to tri-state flooding A 42,000-gallon oil spill in Kansas is complicating state and federal response to flooding that has walloped that state, Oklahoma, and Texas. Weeks of rain have forced evacuations and caused at least 11 deaths. On Sunday, workers at a Coffeyville, Kan., oil refinery began evacuation procedures, but a malfunction sent bla ... |
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| Topics: Kansas, news, oil, Oklahoma, severe weather, Texas, water pollution (all these topics) |
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Carry On My Wayward Gene
Kansas could see first commercial crop of human-gene-containing rice |
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02 Mar 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Carry On My Wayward Gene Kansas could see first commercial crop of human-gene-containing rice A California company is one step closer to growing rice that contains human genes on a commercial scale. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has given a preliminary OK to a plan to sow 450 Kansas acres with the stuff this spring, with 2,750 more acres to come. Ventria Bioscience's three Frankenr ... |
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| Topics: Department of Agriculture, food and agriculture, GMOs, Kansas, news (all these topics) |
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Not Just for Stockings Anymore
Plans for coal plants in Texas, Kansas fueling opposition from all sides |
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14 Dec 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Not Just for Stockings Anymore Plans for coal plants in Texas, Kansas fueling opposition from all sides As U.S. utilities try to keep pace with the energy-sucking public, they're planning 150 new coal-fired plants. But with coal plants already causing a third of the nation's carbon dioxide emissions, critics are emerging from all corners. A heated battle in Texas over TXU Corp.'s plans for 11 new plants has inspired a h ... |
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| Topics: coal, energy, Kansas, news, Texas (all these topics) |
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Dustup in the Wind
Proposed wind farms spark controversy in Kansas |
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15 Oct 2004 |
Daily Grist |
| Dustup in the Wind Proposed wind farms spark controversy in Kansas It seems that controversy over wind turbines -- a common feature of the European political landscape -- has crossed the Atlantic and headed for the American heartland. In the Flint Hills of eastern Kansas, farmers and ranchers are organizing to ward off plans by wind developers to build dozens of turbines on the untilled prairie. The issue has divide ... |
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| Topics: energy, Kansas, politics, wind power (all these topics) |
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