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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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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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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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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 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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