Coal-Fired Power Plant Rejected on Greenhouse Concerns - Kansas
Urban Ecology News. 2007.10.19
Kansas rejects coal-fired electricity generator due to health and environment problems its carbon dioxide emissions would cause.
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment yesterday became the first government agency in the United States to cite carbon dioxide emissions as the reason for rejecting an air permit for a proposed coal-fired electricity generating plant, saying that the greenhouse gas threatens public health and the environment.
The judgement follows a Supreme Court decision in April that asserted that greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide should be considered pollutants under the Clean Air Act.
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Source: Power Plant Rejected Over Carbon Dioxide For First Time. Steve Mufson. Washington Pose. 2007.10.19