Rolla NewsLocal news for Rolla, KS continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Negotiations loom after final House action on coal plants bill- February 19, 2008 "Sunflower went through all the hoops and the hurdles up to the very last one, and then the rules got changed" Senators and House members are preparing to bargain over the final version of a bill to allow two coal-fired power plants in southwest Kansas, hoping whatever they draft can survive a potential veto by Gov. via Newton Kansanhttp://www.topix.net/city/rolla-ks/2008/02/negotiations-loom-after-final-house-action-on-c... House coal bill placed on hold- February 11, 2008 "That would have been the simplest way to start" ' House Speaker Melvin Neufeld pulled a bill on two coal-fired power plants out of play in a House committee Friday morning leaving observers uncertain what would happen next. via Chanute Tribunehttp://www.topix.net/city/rolla-ks/2008/02/house-coal-bill-placed-on-hold?fromrss=1 House, Senate debate power plant expansion- February 9, 2008 "The whole idea of clean coal is nothing but a taxpayer subsidy, boondoggle, public relations gimmick" Tensions rose Thursday during the final day of hearings on a bill allowing expansion of a coal-fired power plant in southwest Kansas. via The Topeka Capital-Journalhttp://www.topix.net/city/rolla-ks/2008/02/house-senate-debate-power-plant-expansion?fromr... |