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Will climate change prompt mass migration to Midwest?

Midwest Energy News By Tom Vandyck Climate change could be a boon for the Midwest’s urban centers, says UCLA economist Matthew Kahn, but regional climate experts do not share his optimistic outlook. In...

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Kansas House committee takes on EPA’s regulation of greenouse gas emissions

From Lawrence Journal World By Scott Rothschild  The House Energy and Utilities Committee has introduced a resolution “opposing the Environmental Protection Agency’s regulatory train wreck.” House...

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Former Kansas Environment Secretary Rod Bremby: ‘I Didn’t Quit’

By Kevin Murphy From Solve Climate News Roderick Bremby said on Thursday he has an inkling why he was dismissed as Kansas’ top environmental official last fall, but he wasn’t ready to publicly link it...

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Health benefits predicted with proposed mercury regulations on coal plants

By Karen Dillon From The Kansas City Star Newly proposed mercury regulations on coal-fired power plants should have a major effect on health, Kansas City-area officials said Tuesday. The Environmental...

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AWEA submits comments making dozens of recommendations to improve extremely...

From EnergyBiz: Filing extensive comments today with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) called both the Draft Land-Based Wind Energy Guidelines and...

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EPA Proposes Carbon Pollution Standard for New Power Plants

The proposed rule will require all new power plant to emit no more than 1,000 pounds of carbon dioxide per megawatt hour of electricity produced. Existing plants or new power plant units that have...

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Everyone’s talking about the production tax credit – are you?

We love and support wind energy – and no wonder. In Kansas alone, the wind industry has created a bunch of good paying jobs (including nearly 400 at Siemens and Draka Cableteq in Hutchinson), at the...

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Drought, Heat and Common Ground

Yesterday I took a call from a reporter who wanted to know if the way we talk about Climate Change in the Heartland is different now because of the drought and record breaking temperatures across the...

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Breaking news – Cross State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) struck down today

In a 2-1 decision the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia struck down EPA’s Cross State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR). The rule, often referred to as the “good neighbor” provision of the...

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Kansas Senate Votes To Roll Back Renewable Portfolio Standard

Thanks for the $3 billion dollar investment – but you’re not welcome here any more! That’s the message I heard Matt Riley, CEO of Infinity Wind Power give during a Kansas Senate Utilities hearing to...

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