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Kansas high court backs ban on wind farms

11:05 PM CDT

TOPEKA | The Kansas Supreme Court has ruled that Wabaunsee County commissioners have the right to prohibit the construction of commercial wind farms in their county. But the court also questioned whether an ordinance banning commercial farms but allowing smaller wind generators for personal use violated some provisions of the U.S. Constitution. Commissioners adopted the ordinance in 2004.

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Climate change making ominous mark on Midwest
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A green president is needed, but who?
The extinction of hundreds of thousands of species, the recession of rainforests, the expansion of deserts, the dramatic increase in the intensity and incidences of hurricanes and wildfires, and the significant rising of worldwide ocean levels—all are consequences of global warming. Unfortunately, of all the topics talked about on the presidential campaign trail, global warming and the energy crisis have been swept pretty much under the rug, playing second fiddle to the war in Iraq and immigration.

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It was an unlikely alliance, but it brought Kansas City Power & Light, the Sierra Club and Concerned Citizens of Platte County one of the area’s top environmental awards Wednesday night.

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