Hill Heat: Kansas Coal Lobby Attacks Natural Gas IndustryScience Policy Legislation Actiontag:www.hillheat.com,2005:TypoTypo2008-03-26T19:17:13-04:00Brad Johnsonurn:uuid:b5962a92-ff95-4874-a46a-1499af9a306a2007-11-05T16:49:00-05:002008-03-26T19:17:13-04:00Kansas Coal Lobby Attacks Natural Gas Industry<div style="float:left;margin:2px"><a href="/files/anti-Sebelius_ads.pdf"><img src="/files/coalvnatgasad.gif"width=100></a></div> In response to the Kansas state’s decision to <a href="http://www.hillheat.com/articles/2007/10/18/kansas-blocks-new-coal-plants">deny permits for two new Sunflower Electric coal plants</a>, a group funded by Sunflower Electric placed a <a href="http://www.hillheat.com/files/anti-Sebelius_ads.pdf">newspaper ad</a> arguing that <blockquote>without new, next-generation coal-fueled plants, Kansans will be captive to high-priced natural gas, allowing hostile foreign countries to control the energy policy of Kansas and America. We are already held hostage to some of these same countries for oil.</blockquote>
<p>The text of the ad runs below full-color photographs of Vladimir Putin, Hugo Chavez, and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.</p>
<p>The <a href="http://www.ngsa.org/">Natural Gas Supply Association</a> and <a href="http://www.oneok.com/kgs_default.jsp">Kansas Gas Service</a> have not yet responded.
<br clear="left"></p><div style="float:left;margin:2px"><a href="/files/anti-Sebelius_ads.pdf"><img src="/files/coalvnatgasad.gif"width=100></a></div> In response to the Kansas state’s decision to <a href="http://www.hillheat.com/articles/2007/10/18/kansas-blocks-new-coal-plants">deny permits for two new Sunflower Electric coal plants</a>, a group funded by Sunflower Electric placed a <a href="http://www.hillheat.com/files/anti-Sebelius_ads.pdf">newspaper ad</a> arguing that <blockquote>without new, next-generation coal-fueled plants, Kansans will be captive to high-priced natural gas, allowing hostile foreign countries to control the energy policy of Kansas and America. We are already held hostage to some of these same countries for oil.</blockquote>
<p>The text of the ad runs below full-color photographs of Vladimir Putin, Hugo Chavez, and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.</p>
<p>The <a href="http://www.ngsa.org/">Natural Gas Supply Association</a> and <a href="http://www.oneok.com/kgs_default.jsp">Kansas Gas Service</a> have not yet responded.
<br clear="left"></p>stomvurn:uuid:d3f52ecd-5680-48e0-b36a-a8ba886b53902007-11-05T17:40:34-05:002007-11-05T17:48:24-05:00Comment on Kansas Coal Lobby Attacks Natural Gas Industry by stomv<p>It looks like the pdf link is down. Maybe you have a local copy?</p>
<p><i>Ed.—Thanks for the heads up. The link has been corrected.</i></p>