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a coal plant event - Kansas

http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20100125-708735.html?mod=WSJ_latestheadlines

Westar Settles Air Quality Suit For $3M, Plant Upgrade

Westar Energy Inc. (WR) has agreed to spend $500 million to reduce air pollution at a Kansas coal-fired power plant and pay a $3 million penalty to settle an environmental lawsuit filed by the Justice Department.

The company's general counsel, Larry Irick, said Westar obeyed all environmental laws and regulations but chose to settle because it ...

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