This coal plant story just won't end.
The Sierra Club and various partnering environmental groups are sending postcards to Gov. Kathleen Sebelius urging her to reject Sunflower Electric Power Corp.'s application to build a large coal-fired power plant out west.
The cards strike a dire tone, warning that "we are running out of time to address global warming" and accusing Sebelius of a "contradiction" by pushing renewable energy like wind while remaining on the sidelines of the coal plant debate.
The Sierra Club is hoping to have some 5,000 of these cards mailed to the governor. Tuesday, at the state's annual Renewable Energy Conference in Topeka, student environmental groups from most of the state's public universities held a press conference and said they've each filled out hundreds of the cards. (Let's hope they're printed on recycled paper.)
With friends like these, coming as they are from one of Sebelius' most solid bases, who needs Republicans?
