Martin Rosenberg

Stories by Martin Rosenberg

People use the moving sidewalks at the new Kansas City International Airport terminal.

New Technology to Make KCI Zippier for Travelers

The new Kansas City International Airport terminal is bristling with cutting-edge technology designed to ease the movement of people, planes, cars and buses.

Craig Reed, director of network engineering, and Paul Kreuger, hope to double the number of EverFast Fiber Networks customers in the next two years.

Local Cable Company Looks Back to the Future: Old Everest Becomes New EverFast

A local cable operator with a new owner hopes to counter the cord cutting trend.

LED and traditional streetlights at a Kansas City intersection.

From Streetlights to Potholes: A New, Tech-Savvy KC Emerges

Kansas City is leaning into technology to address some of its most vexing problems.

Union Station at night with the downtown skyline in the background.

Kansas City Gets Greener and the World Takes Notice

Kansas City just received an “A-” on a survey of 1,000 global cities’ environmental and climate change policies conducted by CDP, an international climate group, up from “B” a year ago.

The massive former National Cloak and Suit Co. building opened in 1919 and has 14 acres of total floor space.

KC Developer Pioneering on the Renewable Energy Frontier

Developer Jonathan Arnold plans to include massive energy “storage” -- revolutionary battery technology that will push us toward a renewable power future -- in his latest housing project.

An illustration of a proposed solar farm at Kansas City International Airport.

Plan for Biggest US Airport Solar Energy Farm Expected to Land Soon at KCI

Plans for a huge solar farm at Kansas City International Airport would help address climate change and provide an astronomical amount of green energy.

An electric vehicle as it is being charged.

Kansas Awaits a Jolt in Electric Vehicle Charging Stations

Kansas and Missouri have a split personality when it comes to the availability of electric vehicle charging stations.

Celestial image from the James Webb Space Telescope.

KC’s Connection to the Heavens: Webb Telescope Images Trigger Elation

As pictures from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) popped up Tuesday in front of astronomers and space lovers in mid-America, their ecstasy bubbled over – prompted by new knowledge captured in the hauntingly beautiful images.

In this Feb. 1, 2021 file photo, emissions from a coal-fired power plant are silhouetted against the setting sun in Kansas City, Missouri.

Pondering the Business and Politics of Climate Change

American Public Square will convene a panel discussion at 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 24, at Donnelly College, in Kansas City, Kansas, called “The Politics of Mother Nature - The  Climate is Changing - Should You?” 

Wolf Creek nuclear power plant

Inside Story: Kansas, Cyber Spies, Nuclear Power and the Ukraine War

The recently disclosed criminal case against three Russian hackers amid the war in Ukraine reveals how and why the Sunflower State and its lone nuclear plant have been woven into a saga laced with John le Carré spy novel overtones.