Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius on Friday vetoed a bill (SB 327) that would have barred the state's Secretary of Health and Environment from denying an air permit to a coal-fired power plant because of the project's greenhouse gas emissions.

The governor also signed an executive order establishing the Kansas Energy and Environmental Policy Advisory Group to help guide the state in developing a greenhouse-gas reduction strategy.

The Kansas Senate earlier this month approved SB 327 by a veto-proof margin of 37-7, but the state House passed it in a 75-47 vote -- short of the two-thirds votes needed to override Sebelius' expected veto. Legislators have 30 days to vote on an override. ... Read full article