Kansas Notices Virginia Coal Fight
By: paulburman
Published On: 4/10/2008 11:22:04 AM
The Kansas City Star Newspaper has picked up on Virginia's fight to stop Dominion power's controversial coal plant proposed for Wise County. The artcile compares the struggle in Virginia to the notable struggle in
Kansas
...what’s not good for Kansas also may not be good for Virginia. More dependence on coal, that is. [But,]Kansans have a strong governor, Kathleen Sebelius, who vetoed legislation that would have lifted all control of future coal-fired plants from state regulators.
What a notable difference leadership makes! Over and over again all we hear from Governor Kaine is that his hands are tied and that new coal generation is necessary.
Maybe Governor Kaine can learn something from Governor Sebelius, and be the clean energy leader that we all would like for him to be. I will happily embrace him as the environmentalist he claims to be the day he stands up for our mountains and our climate.
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Comments
What's RIGHT with Kansas? (Lowell - 4/10/2008 11:31:29 AM)
Gov. Sebelius, that's what's right with Kansas! :)
By the way, Tim Kaine grew up in Kansas City.
Whats Wrong with Virginia????? (Alter of Freedom - 4/10/2008 5:08:27 PM)
Something Kansas has little to deal with on balance....the Railroad/Transport industry ala CSX Corp and Norfolk Southern....record profits friends and its histroic power in the Commonwealth.
Impotent (Eric - 4/10/2008 11:44:14 AM)
That whole "I'm powerless" thing Kaine has been selling just doesn't add up. I know he doesn't have dictatorial powers, but if he doesn't have significant influence as Governor I've got to question the purpose of Virginia having a Governor. What's the point in having an impotent figurehead?
But that's not the case because we know he currently has control of the Air Board appointments - so he clearly controls the destiny of this plant. And if he chose to push other channels as well I'll bet we'd see similar success.
Actually, Virginia has one of the strongest (Lowell - 4/10/2008 11:46:27 AM)
governorships in the nation. Even the 1-term limit makes it more powerful, in a way, because the person doesn't have to worry about reelection and (theoretically at least) can just do what he or she thinks is right.