Sierra Club Seyz Evergy Stays Losing Climate Pledge To Kansas

A local peek at environmentalist alarm and one more sign that the Sunflower State might be stuck in the past when it comes to energy options.  

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Evergy received 9 points out of 100 this year, dropping from 12 last year. The company earned a spotlight because of its move toward delaying the closure of a coal-burning plant and plans to build new gas-burning plants, the Dirty Truth about Utility Climate Pledges report said.  

“I think this is the worst year since we started doing the report five years ago,” said Ty Gorman, a Kansas organizing strategist for the Sierra Club. “The average score was 15. The purpose of the report was to inspire utilities to move us forward towards a livable future. We didn’t expect to see it go backwards.”

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Sierra Club report calls out Kansas utility Evergy for failing to meet climate goals