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AM - Senator Breaks with Leaders on CO2 Emissions Date: November 2, 2007
A leading Republican in the Kansas Senate is breaking ranks with many of his GOP colleagues on whether Kansas should regulate carbon emissions from power plants. Senator Jim Barnett of Emporia, who is also a practicing physician, says he thinks Health Secretary Rod Bremby was right in considering the health effects of carbon emissions when he denied a permit for two new coal-fired power plants in western Kansas.

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Barnett added, however, that he does not completely support Bremby�s decision because he thinks there are more serious air-quality issues in other parts of the state.

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Senate President Steve Morris and House Speaker Melvin Neufeld issued a statement harshly criticizing secretary Bremby�s decision. They argue that carbon dioxide is not a regulated pollutant and that the decision will hurt economic development in western Kansas.

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