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Posts Tagged ‘Environment’

Missouri Angler Lands Monster Invasive Carp, Buries It

By | April 26, 2024 | 0
Kasey Whiteman of the Missouri Department of Conservation holds proof that invasive silver carp can grow to large sizes. This one weighed close to 60 pounds.

George Chance recently caught what may be a world-record invasive carp. Rather than mount the 97-pound giant, he buried it in his garden as fertilizer.

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Kansas City Area Seeks Unprecedented Sustainability Grants

By | April 16, 2024 | 0
Clouds in the sky.

The Kansas City area is pursuing nearly $200 million in federal grants to support sustainability efforts across the metro area.

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Allowing More Juice to Flow Through Power Lines Could Hasten Clean Energy

By | March 12, 2024 | 1
Power lines with a red sunset in the background.

America’s power lines can’t handle all the energy promised by thousands of proposed solar, wind and battery energy projects. Technology can ease the gridlock.

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Ethanol Plants Want to Bury CO2 in Kansas to Cut Carbon Footprints

By | February 20, 2024 | 0
Corn piled outside of a grain elevator

Two companies in Kansas want to pump carbon dioxide emissions deep underground to combat climate change. But environmental groups and landowners are opposed.

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Recycling Program Turns Plastic into Park Benches

By | December 13, 2023 | 1
The Kansas City Downtown Lions Club has collected and recycled enough plastic bags in the past three years to get six benches, which are located throughout the area including this one in front of Kansas School for the Blind in Kansas City, Kan. The group’s most recent bench was placed outside Saint Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Kansas City.

Several cities in the Kansas City area have gotten park benches made out of recycled plastic bags, thanks to a program supported by Trex Co. Inc.

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