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Posts Tagged ‘Sustainability’

Squirrel: It’s What’s for Dinner

By | November 2, 2023 | 0
A young girl in a colorful striped shirt holds up a skinned and gutted squirrel from a silver bowl.

Dozens recently gathered in Lawrence for a clinic about trapping, harvesting and cooking squirrel. The squirrel population has soared in recent decades.

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Southeast Kansas Town is Almost Out of Water, and Signs of Crisis are Everywhere

By | October 30, 2023 | 0
Water levels in the Little Caney River are so low that the river isn’t flowing over the dam, leaving the stream dry.

The stubborn drought has brought Caney, a southeast Kansas town of less than 2,000 people, within weeks of reaching the end of its water supply.

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As Ogallala Aquifer Declines in the Great Plains, States Weigh Metering Irrigation Wells

By | October 17, 2023 | 0
A water tower in Guymon, Oklahoma, which relies on the Ogallala Aquifer for drinking water.

Water levels are dropping in the Ogallala Aquifer, and states in the Great Plains are considering whether to monitor groundwater irrigators are pumping out.

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Grain Belt Express Wins Final Approval in Missouri

By | October 13, 2023 | 0
The Green Belt Express will create clean energy power lines in Kansas and Missouri.

Regulators have given final approval to the owners of the Grain Belt Express transmission line to drop off thousands of megawatts of clean energy in Missouri. 

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Midwest Faces Future of Hazardous Heat, and Homes Aren’t Ready

By | September 15, 2023 | 0
Illustration of a resident sweating in a home.

Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska are part of an emerging “extreme heat belt” that could deliver more scorching days that will test existing dwellings.

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