Sunday, February 24, 2008

Kansas Secretary of Health and Environment Rod Bremby weighs in

From this article:
[Bremby] shocked many observers last October when he decided not to issue a permit to Sunflower Electric for the construction of two coal-fired power plants in Holcomb. In announcing his decision, he cited concerns over the plants' carbon dioxide emissions -- 2.8 million pounds an hour -- and its role in accelerating global warming.

Many western Kansas legislators were outraged by his decision. The houses this past week passed bills that would have allowed the coal plants to be built, and would also strip Bremby of any authority to deny permits.
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While Bremby didn't expect his decision to be popular, he didn't realize how many legislative leaders say they don't believe in climate change.

"I've been stunned," he said. "I understand that people have their own individual beliefs, but what about the National Academy of Sciences?"

He listed some of the other organizations that agree humans are accelerating climate change -- the Geological Society of America, the American Geophysical Union, the American Institute of Physics, the American Meteorological Society.

"These are the top scientists in the nation," he said.

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