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Coal Wars: Navajo Nation sues the feds, Kansas to konk old King Koal?

The Navajo Nation and a private power company in Texas are suing the E.P.A. Not because they've been turned down, they simply can't get an answer. The Navajo's utility company and Texas-based Sithe Global Power applied for a permit back in 2004. They want to build a...

Tags: Kansas, Coal, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Navajo, Telecom & Utilities, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-03-20

Kansas and coal: it's really all about Colorado

Kansas politicians continue to disagree over two coal-burning plants planned for western Kansas. The state administration refused to grant the necessary permits. Now pro-coal legislators are trying to get a law passed to allow construction. Turns out the plants are being built in Kansas, but will send...

Tags: Kansas, Colorado, Workforce Management, Human Resources, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-02-11

Coal-fired battle continues in Kansas

The governor of the great state of Kansas doesn't appear ready to compromise with her legislature on building new coal-fired plants there. The latest reports indicate the current Republican-backed bill in the Knsas legislature will not be signed by the Democrat who is governor. Last fall...

Tags: Kansas, Workforce Management, Human Resources, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-02-03

Kansas Kisses up to King Koal

Coal may be winning the political battle that began last fall when the Kansas E.P.A. turned down a permit request to build two more coal-fired electricity generating plants there. Now the Kansas legislature appears to be ready to pass legislation that pleases coal and pays lip-service to the environment....

Tags: Kansas, Coal, Carbon Dioxide, Coal Plant, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-01-31

I agree, Dorothy, Kansas isn't so bad

Received a communique from the U.S. Green Building Council, which is trumpeting the decision of city officials in Greensburg, Kansas, to require all city-owned buildings to carry a Platinum level certification under the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design LEED program. The reason this matters is...

Tags: Kansas, Greensburg, Quality, Leadership, Business Operations, Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-01-03

The Kansas Coal War and a Kennedy descries coalacaust

The Coal War continues in Kansas. The state legislature is back in session and the coal bruhaha has pushed other issues off the agenda. And it has blown new life into the debate over wind energy in Kansas. We all remember "The Wizard of Oz." There's...

Tags: Kansas, Coal, Coal War, State Legislature, Blogging, Internet, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2007-11-30

Utility fires back at Kansas where Lt. Gov. touts alternative energy

There's now been a lawsuit filed in the case of the rejected coal-burning power plants. Sunflower Electric Power is suing the State of Kansas which denied the utility's request to build two more coal-powered generating plants. This is just the latest salvo in a battle that may spread...

Tags: Alternative Energy, Kansas, Carbon Dioxide, Plant, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2007-11-18

Coal's in our future. So what IS wrong with Kansas?

FutureGen's diagram of it's near-zero emission coal plant. You may think I really don't like coal. Bunch of petrified plants, after all. But the questions about coal are, after all, largely technological. It's unlike the debate over peak oil, and what supply...

Tags: Kansas, Coal, Carbon Dioxide, Plant, FutureGen, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2007-11-11

Kansas's War of the Words. Does Osama love coal?

As we blogged here weeks ago, the Kansas anti-coal decision makes it the center of a vicious battle over energy policy and, of course, big bucks. The coal forces accuse Kansas of aiding and abetting America's enemies. So now it appears the pro-coal folks think not liking coal...

Tags: Kansas, Microsoft Word, America, Coal, Natural Gas, Osama Bib Laden, Telecom & Utilities, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2007-11-07

Ohio will not follow the Kansas precedent on coal

The Kansas state denial of a permit to build another coal-burning power plant will not get repeated in Ohio. Ohio's state EPA boss says he'll not rule out another coal plant because of CO2 even though any coal plant produces large amounts of CO2 emissions. Back...

Tags: Kansas, Coal, Ohio, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2007-10-24

Kansas: ground zero in battle over coal burning power plants

We blogged about the Kansas official's denial of a permit to build more coal-burning generators there. It now appears Kansas could become the major battleground over the future of coal-burning plants in the U.S. Just as Three Mile Island had a long-term effect on the American nuclear power...

Tags: Kansas, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2007-10-23

Forget Gore, remember this name: Roderick Bremby

Sure Gore has talked a lot about global warming, earning a Nobel Pirze and infuriating his nay-sayers. But what has he actually done? Well, now one Roderick Bremby has leap-frogged to the top of any list of American global warming activists. Mr. Bremby is Kansas's...

Tags: Kansas, Global Warming, Sure Gore, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2007-10-19

Photos: Rolling across America at '10 MPH'

Filmmakers hit the road again, this time for screenings of their documentary chronicling a cross-country ride on a Segway.Josh Caldwell, along with close friend Hunter Weeks, filmed the feature-length documentary 10 MPH, which depicts a 2004 transcontinental Segway journey from Seattle to Boston. Caldwell had the honor of actually riding...

Tags: photograph, Josh Caldwell, Segway, MPH, Hunter Weeks, documentary, Seattle, Boston, honor, Idaho, Kansas, Dallas, Chicago, movie, America, director, software company, software

Image galleries 2007-08-07

KansasDoppler (zip)

Keep a bird's eye view of your local weather on your desktop. View Doppler radar images for the state of Kansas from a selection of Kansas news stations: Access to local television station Web sites; Resizable Doppler images up to 1400x1600; Flexible automated refresh periods; Animated map display; Add your...

Tags: Kansas, Web Site, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Channel Management, Aerospace & Defense, Internet, Marketing, Manufacturing

Software downloads 2007-07-04

Photos: In search of meteorites

Steve Arnold scours the wheatfields of Kansas with a homemade contraption that just might find a big rock from outer space.

Tags: Kansas, rock

Image galleries 2005-12-19

Photos: In search of meteorites

Steve Arnold scours the wheatfields of Kansas with a homemade contraption that just might find a big rock from outer space.

Tags: Kansas, rock

Image galleries 2005-12-19

Wesley Medical Center Boosts Patient Relations With Wireless Communications

Located in Wichata, Kansas, Wesley Medical Center is a licensed 760-bed teaching hospital that serves much of Kansas and parts of Oklahoma. When looking to upgrade their communications system, the center considered cellular services and a hybrid cellular in-building system, but they couldn't offer the seamless communications that SpectraLink's system...

Tags: Kansas, Patient, Wireless Communication, SpectraLink Corp., Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Wireless, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources

Case studies

Group Contract Buying Brings Better IT Value Throughout State of Kansas

For all levels of government, from states down to towns, villages and school districts, squeezing the most value from every dollar is imperative. The challenge becomes particularly difficult when it comes to technology purchases, since many small government units have limited IT expertise. That was the background when, in 1993,...

Tags: Kansas, Hewlett-Packard Co., Information Technology, Government, Strategy, Vertical Industries, Management, Enterprise Software, Software

Case studies

Additional Resources

Low-risk offenders' wives stand by their men

Low-risk offenders' wives stand by their menLow-risk offenders' wives stand by their menUnfortunately, states routinely put the larger percentage of sex offenders into tier III which should only reflect the MOST dangerous and reflect the recidivist rate for that state. Recidivist rates over all, is in the single digits. Labeling...

Tags: offender, residency restriction, Low-risk, Low-risk offender, wive, sex offender

Discussion threads 2008-06-18

Grumpy old man gets happy--how can this be? Isn't the U.S. economy hopelessly doomed?

I'm a grumpy old man. It's very easy to get really angry or completely depressed blogging about cleantech, or the need for it. From the global warming arguments to whole nations--like my own and China--stubbornly refusing to move to new technologies, this seems to be an era of...

Tags: U.S., McKinsey & Co., Clean Technology, Energy, Conservation, Deron Lovaas, Greenness, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-06-05