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Kansas Regulator Rejects Coal Power Plant

by Jason Beaubien, NPR
October 23, 2007

Sunflower Electric in Kansas pledges to move forward with a project to build a new coal power plant despite a setback by state regulators. The Department of Health and Environment refuses to grant the utility a permit based mostly on concerns over greenhous gas emissions.

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  • Morning Edition, October 23, 2007
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