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The Biggest Polluter in the Country ??
Monday, October 02, 2006
We are challenging a massive coal plant project in western Kansas that appears to be the largest source of global warming pollution proposed in three decades. The "Holcomb" coal plant would involve the construction of three new coal-fired boilers at a site in western Kansas. Once operational, this project would emit up to twenty million tons of carbon dioxide annually for fifty years or more (the expected life span of a new plant). By comparison, the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) adopted by the governors of seven Northeastern states calls for reducing carbon emissions from their region's power plants by twenty-four millions tons annually.
Energy efficiency and renewable energy such as wind power, abundant in Kansas, are a better way. Investment in these smarter energy solutions would create more jobs and leave the planet safer for our children. The Club has called on Kansas Governor Sebelius to impose a moratorium on these proposed plants and take leadership on clean, safe energy.
posted by Paddy G
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