The Coal-Lovin’ Guv

Apparently, all we needed to get Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius to dish on a couple of dirty power plants was a comedian in drag.

Last month, the Pitch wrote about Sunflower Electric Power Corporation’s proposal to expand its electricity-generating facility in western Kansas. Adding two new coal-fired power plants would make Sunflower’s Holcomb site one of the biggest new sources of global warming pollution in the country. The plan has ignited widespread opposition, and outraged Kansans have sent hundreds of letters begging the Democratic governor to stop the carbon-belching project.