The deal with Sunflower Electric Power Company was brokered by Mark Parkinson, but it required more than the new governor's signature. Before Sunflower got the go-ahead for that coal-fired power plant in Holcomb, the Legislature had to sign off on a Comprehensive Energy Bill.
While the bill passed overwhelmingly -- with only two senators and 18 representatives voting against it -- environmental groups argue that it doesn't go nearly far enough. After all, this bill was the carrot in exchange f
U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback is spouting nonsense in an effort to denigrate a bill intended to halt climate change.In a taped address to the Kansas Chamber of Commerce, Brownback recently warned that cap-and-trade legislation in Congress would slap a family of four with a $1,500 annual increase in energy costs.But as Media Matters points out, Brownback's $1,500 increase seems to have been pulled from thin air.
