Challenging The Sunflower Coal Plant Permit

Earthjustice successfully challenged the air permit for a proposed coal-fired power plant in Kansas, leading the Kansas Supreme Court to invalidate the permit in 2013. The project, proposed by Sunflower Electric, was criticized for being unnecessary and potentially emitting significant greenhouse gases and pollutants.

• In 2013, the Kansas Supreme Court ruled that the air permit for Sunflower Electric's proposed coal-fired power plant was illegal and subsequently struck it down.
• Earthjustice challenged the plant's air permit on the basis that it lacked required protections under clean air laws.
• The proposed plant would have emitted large quantities of greenhouse gases and other hazardous pollutants for several decades.

APA

Earthjustice (2007). Challenging The Sunflower Coal Plant Permit. https://earthjustice.org/case/sunflower-coal-plant-permit

Chicago

Earthjustice. Challenging The Sunflower Coal Plant Permit. 2007. https://earthjustice.org/case/sunflower-coal-plant-permit.

Wikipedia

{{cite report |author=Earthjustice |title=Challenging The Sunflower Coal Plant Permit |date=11 April 2007 |url=https://earthjustice.org/case/sunflower-coal-plant-permit |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@techreport{earthjustice2007challenging, author = {{Earthjustice}}, title = {{Challenging The Sunflower Coal Plant Permit}}, institution = {Earthjustice}, year = {2007}, month = apr, url = {https://earthjustice.org/case/sunflower-coal-plant-permit}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }