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Article: Our views: ; Build no more coal-fired plants?; West Virginians need to be careful about who they send to Washington
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- Charleston Daily Mail
- Article date:
- March 20, 2008
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KANSANS, like West Virginians, pay much less than the national
average for electric power. That's because they get most of their
power from coal-fired plants.
But last fall, Rod Bremby, secretary of the Kansas Department of
Health and Environment, decided Kansas should not permit
construction of two new coal-fired power plants. He blocked a permit
for the $3.6 billion project.
Bremby's own staff had recommended approval of the project. Gov.
Kathleen Sebelius, a fast-rising star in Democratic politics,
opposed it.
In the end, Bremby said it would have been "irresponsible" to
ignore concerns about how emissions might be affecting the climate.
The state erupted in controversy, as well it should ...