Since our interview with Dr. Scholes of 14 February, we've received some very interesting comments. We felt one of these would be best served by a new post. On 25 February, John Martellaro added...
"Kansas residents can address this issue right now by supporting efforts to block the construction of two huge coal-fired electric generating stations. Contact your state legislators and urge them to uphold the expected veto by Gov. Kathleen Sebelius of the recent legislation designed to override the denial of permits for these plants."
While we're new to this issue, what we've read suggests this legislation has at least two troubling points. First, it would encourage a greater use of CO2 emitting coal as an energy source, due mainly to its low cost and availability. Second, the legislation would make Kansas a very convenient alternate location for future plants which would be either legally prohibited or more closely regulated in a neighboring state.Two articles which we found informative are:
Colorado Renewable Energy Society:
http://www.cres-energy.org/clips/clips_07nov12_ks.html
The Wichita Eagle:
http://www.kansas.com/news/legislature/story/298494.html
Once you've decided what you think about this issue -- contact your member of Congress -- let them know what you think:http://www.da.ks.gov/phonebook/congressman.htm
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Your blog looks fantastic. For the next step of your project, I would like for you to read an interview with Dr. Anthony Barnosky (http://www.actionbioscience.org/evolution/barnosky.html) and answer the question set posted on WebCT in your next blog post. These questions and other optional papers on this topic will be under "Service Learning" and will only be accessible by your group.
Dr. Walker
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