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Posts Tagged ‘Environment’

How to Save At-Risk Migrating Monarch Butterflies

By | July 28, 2022 | 0
A monarch butterfly sits on a plant outdoors for the first time at Powell Gardens. It just left its cocoon within the past day.

Kansas City residents can play an important role in supporting increasingly endangered monarch butterflies as they migrate across North America.

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‘Time Bomb’ Lead Pipes Set to be Removed. But First Water Utilities Have to Find Them

By | June 20, 2022 | 0
An individual holds a lead pipe, a steel pipe and a lead pipe treated with protective orthophosphate.

Water utilities have never been required to thoroughly inventory lead pipes except in a crisis. Health experts warn problems with these ‘underground poisonous straws’ can arise out of the blue

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curiousKC | Any Questions About a Big Renewable Energy Project Coming to the Midwest?

By | March 21, 2022 | 0
Train tracks against a backdrop of green grass and wind turbines illustrates a new project called the Grain Belt Express. This new effort is a "massive high-powered transmission line delivering renewable energy."

This month, the Flatland Show and curiousKC focus on renewable energy and how new plans will affect the region.

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Curbing KC Food Waste, Tackling Climate Change

By | February 10, 2022 | 0
Buckets of food waste.

Transforming food waste into golden compost and keeping it from belching climate harming landfill gasses is the new frontier for a growing number of Kansas City area residents and companies.

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Kayaking to Cut Coal Fired Power Plants: 2,341 Miles Down the Missouri River

By | September 21, 2021 | 0
Long-distance kayaker Graham Jordison is paddling the length of the 2,341-mile Missouri River. His effort is designed to draw attention to coal plants in operation along the river.

Long-distance kayaker Graham Jordison is paddling the length of the 2,341-mile Missouri River. His effort is designed to draw attention to coal plants in operation along the river.

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