“It’s the worst possible place to put this person.”

Rabbi Moti Rieber, executive director of Kansas Interfaith Action, a climate issue lobby group, regarding Kansas state Sen. Mike Thompson’s pushback against renewable energy in his role as chair of the Utilities Committee. Not only has Thompson’s resistance to green energy put him at odds with environmentalists, but his views also pit him against big utilities and GOP colleagues, who believe his restrictions on wind turbines and solar farms go too far. (Associated Press — March 17, 2022)