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What’s the matter with Kansas? . . . it just made history!
Roderick L. Brembry - remember his name, because history will. He’s the Secretary of the Kansas Department of Health who just yesterday rejected the permit application for a new 700MW coal burning power plant on the basis of its unacceptable future greenhouse gas emissions. This is a huuuuuge precedent! The development of new coal burning power plants here and abroad represents the single biggest climate threat. Over a hundred plans are on the table across the country for development over the next 5 years. . . could this mark the turning of the tide? Let’s hope so. Here’s today’s Washington Post story:
“The Kansas Department of Health and Environment yesterday became the first government agency in the United States to cite carbon dioxide emissions as the reason for rejecting an air permit for a proposed coal-fired electricity generating plant, saying that the greenhouse gas threatens public health and the environment.” Full article.
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