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Kansas Kills Coal PlantsKansas Kills Coal Plants
By Maria Surma Manka
Oct 22, 2007
| Quote: | For the first time ever, a U.S. regulatory agency denied a coal plant permit solely on the basis of its carbon dioxide emissions. Carbon dioxide (CO2) is a main contributor to global warming.
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) denied permits to two large, 700-megawatt plants proposed by Sunflower Electric Power. The plants would have cost about $3.6 billion and spewed 11 million tons of CO2 into the air each year. That’s almost the same amount of CO2 that the Northeastern states planned to have saved by 2020 with their cap-and-trade program. The attorneys general of those states had petitioned Kansas officials to deny the coal plants that would have effectively negated their efforts.
Interestingly, while the KDHE staff recommended that the plants be permitted, state law also allows the KDHE secretary to deny a permit if there is an unregulated emission that threatens public health or the environment. And that’s what happened here: Secretary Roderick L. Bremby disagreed with his staff because of the unregulated CO2 emissions that pose a threat to global warming. He wrote in his news release: "I believe it would be irresponsible to ignore emerging information about the contribution of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases to climate change and the potential harm to our environment and health if we do nothing."
Kansas also has a goal of getting 10 percent of its electricity at peak period from wind power. The electric cooperatives will meet that goal by the end of the year — two years ahead of the deadline.
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http://greenoptions.com/2007/10/21/kansas_kills_coal_plants
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Andre
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Sure enough burning coal is producing the most CO2 per KwH. But for climate that's irrelevant. The impurities of coal cause air pollution. So if we are to continue burning coal is surely open for discussion. You need to look at all alternatives. Very peculiar that the coal plants were stopped by about the only non-reason.
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| Andre wrote: | | Sure enough burning coal is producing the most CO2 per KwH. But for climate that's irrelevant. The impurities of coal cause air pollution. So if we are to continue burning coal is surely open for discussion. You need to look at all alternatives. Very peculiar that the coal plants were stopped by about the only non-reason. |
Not peculiar at all. Typical actually. This is why I keep insisting that AGW is political. The above example is the sole reason for AGW.
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