CJOnline / The Topeka Capital-Journal - Governor vetoes third attempt at power plant expansion
The danger of global warming is so great, the Govenor of Kansas would rather restrict energy generation and business expansion. Amazing. Listen carefully, THE PLANET IS NOT WARMING.
Governor vetoes third attempt at power plant expansion
By James Carlson
The Capital-Journal
Published Saturday, May 17, 2008
Gov. Kathleen Sebelius on Friday vetoed the Legislature's third attempt at allowing expansion of a coal-fired power plant in southwest Kansas.
Supporters of the $3.5 billion project had tied this latest bill to economic development projects around the state, including a tax break aimed at bringing a $150 million manufacturing plant to Topeka. Sebelius criticized the bundling of bills in her veto message.
Gov. Kathleen Sebelius
"Rather than working toward a compromise solution, legislative leaders recklessly chose to jeopardize important initiatives for businesses and communities across our state by combining them with energy legislation I have previously vetoed twice," she said.
House Speaker Melvin Neufeld, R-Ingalls, said the bill would have provided "billions (of dollars) in opportunities." "Now with the Governor's veto, Kansas has lost out on those opportunities," he said. Many legislators were angered by an October decision by Rod Bremby, secretary of the Kansas Health and Environment, to deny the 1,400-megawatt plant addition sought by Sunflower Electric Power Corp.
In his ruling, the secretary cited dangers posed by the new plant's projected 11 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions. Many scientists link CO2 pollution to global warming.
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