Environment News Service: The Kansas Supreme Court Friday invalidated the 2010 air pollution permit granted to Sunflower Electric Power Corp. by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.
Sunflower received the permit for construction of an 895-megawatt coal-fired power plant, known as Holcomb 2, at the site of Sunflower`s existing plant in Holcomb, Kansas, known as Holcomb 1. Citing Clean Air Act concerns, the court ruled that the permit, known as an air emission source construction permit, must be reconsidered...