Coal Kings Set Up 2nd Phoney Front to Fight Kansas Power Decision

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Kansas coal kings have set up another front group to fight back against an October decision to block construction of two coal-fired electricityย generators.

The Alliance for Sound Energy Policy advertises itself as โ€œa statewide, non-partisan organization committed to balancing our growing energy needs with environmentalย stewardship.โ€

But there are no โ€œenvironmental stewardsโ€ on its list of members, and its slick website is registered directly to Sunflower Electric Power Corporation, the failed proponent of the canceled powerย plants.

This is the second time that coal interests, including Sunflower, have launched an Astroturf group to fight the October decision. In early November 2007, a group calling itself โ€œKansans for Affordable Energyโ€ ran a series of expensive and outrageous ads, suggesting that Kansas legislators were playing into the hands of people like Russian President Vladimir Putin, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

But the Washington Post quickly discovered that the ads had been purchased by Sunflower and by coal giant Peabodyย Coal.

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