Mercury pollution from coal plants hits Kansas lakes
Kansas faces rising mercury in fish as 2002 emissions reach 1215 pounds from coal plants. Lawrence Energy Center ranks fifth among 485 coal plants for mercury, placing Kansas 18th nationwide. Officials say they are addressing the issue while scientists urge stricter limits and more sampling.
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Kansas Biological Survey
Karla Olsen
Westar Energy
Jeffrey
Lawrence
Westar
Sunflower Electric
Holcomb
Olsen
Wolf Creek
Burlington
Associated Press
Charles Benjamin
Kansas Sierra Club
Lawrence urged to honor Langston Hughes with poetry landmark
Lawrence figures as a potential Langston Hughes Center for Community Enrichment linked to national poetry landmarks. Jason Wesco of 219 Press notes the city’s arts focus, while officials from the Academy of American Poets survey nominees and place sites on a yearlong Almanac project. If approved by the City Commission, the Hughes center could attract visitors to sites tied to the poet’s life in Lawrence and surrounding locations.
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National Academy
New York
Flowers
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Poets.org
Wesco
219 Press
Perry
Ala
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N.Y
Lawrence Public Library
Ninth St
Pinckney School
W. Sixth St
New York School
N Y
Central School
Langston Hughes Center For
Carnegie Library
Lawrence Arts Center
Susan Henderson
Lawrence Convention and Visitors Bureau
Langston Hughes Center
City Commission
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Staff writer Joel Matht can be reached at 832-7126. Staff writer Lindsay Hanson contributed to this report.
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Lindsay Hanson
Joel Matht
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