The fight over a western Kansas coal-plant expansion is more than legal and regulatory. It’s also political. The Kansas Chamber of Commerce is using the issue to raise money for its political action committee, with chamber president and CEO Amy Blankenbiller claiming in a letter that the air-permit denial of the plants “will have a chilling effect on Kansas’ entire business and manufacturing community.â€
But that “effect†is speculative at best. Obviously, the chamber is going to support candidates who support business, but shouldn’t that support be based in fact rather than fearmongering?
