Topeka — Gov. Kathleen Sebelius on Friday vowed to veto another bill approved by the Legislature that would require construction of two 700-megawatt coal-fired plants.
"I am disappointed that, again, we have the same elements in a bill that I cannot accept, and will not support," Sebelius said in a prepared statement.
Lawmakers approved the bill as they lurched toward the end of the regular legislative session and prepared for a three-week break.
Last year, Kansas Health and Environment Secretary Roderick Bremby denied the $3.6 billion project in western Kansas, citing concerns with its annual emission of 11 million tons of carbon dioxide.
Since then, supporters of the plants have been trying to overturn the decision in the Legislature.
The new bill was approved in the House on Friday, 83-41, and then in the Senate, 32-7. The House vote total is one vote short of the two-thirds majority that would be needed to overturn a veto.
The new coal-fired plant bill is House substitute for Senate Bill 148.
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RedwoodCoast (anonymous) says…
What solar cooling cycle? I seriously doubt that there will be a solar cooling cycle, unless the earth's orientation relative to the sun is somehow inovled. See: http://www.livescience.com/environmen... also speculate that warming can set up the conditions for another ice age.
ENGWOOD (anonymous) says…
And I thought Obama's Mama was out of State hunting Golf Eggs or something!!!
kansasethics (anonymous) says…
The Governor lobbied the House hard on the veto over-ride.Were the Governor and KU providing tickets and rides to the Final Four in exchange for her position on the Coal plant?See what the Hutchinson News is reporting:House Speaker Melvin Neufeld, R-Ingalls, complained recently that Democratic Gov. Kathleen Sebelius sought to prevent a veto override on a coal plant bill by offering tickets and rides on the state plane to the NCAA basketball tournament.A governor's spokeswoman, Nicole Corcoran, denied the allegation, saying the governor routinely offers lawmakers rides to events that she is attending in her official role. Corcoran pointed out that some coal plant supporters also got a ride to the Final Four. And tickets weren't given out by her office, she added. They came through the University of Kansas
kansasethics (anonymous) says…
The Governor, KU, and their lobbyists should tell us who received Final Four tickets, and if legislators received rides on these planes.