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In The News
January 3, 2008
Poll: Public Backs Wind Energy, Coal Decision
Published on HutchNews Online
By Sarah Kessinger

TOPEKA - A group promoting wind energy released poll results Thursday showing a strong majority of Kansans back the Sebelius administration's denial of a permit for two new coal-fired power plants near Holcomb.

Perhaps the most notable response was from the 1st Congressional District, which includes all of western Kansas, where the pollster found 51 percent approved of the state's decision on the plants, an additional 9 percent were undecided and 40 percent disapproved.

The poll's statewide margin of error was 3.1 percent.

The November survey, commissioned by the Salina-based Land Institute's Climate and Energy Project, found statewide backing at a two-to-one margin - 62 percent to 31 percent.

In Kansas' largest county, Johnson, support hit 70 percent.

It also showed strong statewide agreement - 75 percent - that the state should aggressively pursue wind energy development.

 In a teleconference with reporters Thursday, national pollster Alan Seacrest of Cooper & Seacrest Associates of Alexandria, Va., explained the phone survey of about 1,000 likely voters was random and showed ample support both among Kansas Republicans and Democrats for the power plant decision and wind energy.

Full the full article please to to http://www.hutchnews.com/Todaystop/poll
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