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Kansas Governor Stands Up Against Coal Plant Expansion

For the third time, Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius (D) has vetoed legislation that would have permitted an old-technology coal plant in the southwest part of Kansas. The Sebelius Administration identified the carbon dioxide pollution from a larger coal plant as too significant a risk. Kansas is also the only Great Plains state to have joined the Midwestern Governors Association’s working group of six states that currently is drafting a cap-and-trade plan for Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota.

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