Environment
KC Ranks 25th Among 100 Cities on Clean Energy Scorecard
Kansas City ranked 25th in the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy’s latest analysis of how well 100 cities are reducing their greenhouse gas emissions.
curiousKC | Is Plant Diversity the Future for the Midwest?
The curiousKC team talked with some local horticulturists who are making it their mission to develop plant varieties suited for our particular environment in the Kansas City metro.
KC Parks Department Plants Seeds of Savings With New Sustainability Plan
Kansas City is converting some park land into more a more natural state, hoping to harvest both environmental and economic savings.
Good News on Climate Change: Most Americans Now Agree It’s Real, Even in the Midwest
The new 2020 Yale Climate Opinion Map concludes that a majority of Missourians and Kansans believe in climate change.
Kansas City’s Regional Climate Change Effort Soldiers on Despite Pandemic
In the Kansas City area, two local officials have launched an effort that has turned into a bi-state coalition to combat climate change. Those efforts are continuing despite the COVID-19 pandemic.