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Posts Tagged ‘Sustainability’

Evergy to Lead Group Building Massive KCI Solar Farm

By | September 13, 2023 | 1
An aerial view of the Florida Power & Light Echo River Solar Energy Center in Wellborn, Florida.

Kansas City has struck a deal with a consortium led by Evergy to develop a massive solar farm at Kansas City International Airport.

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Wind Nearly Stopped Blowing Through Midwest Turbines in June

By | September 12, 2023 | 0
Wind turbines on the prairie.

The amount of renewable energy produced in the Midwest declined sharply in June because less wind blew through turbines in the region.

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Butterfly Collapse Spurs New Investigation in Kansas

By | August 30, 2023 | 0
A dead butterfly in a plastic baggie.

A Kansas scientist has launched a landmark study focused on the collapse of butterfly populations. She’s asking folks to mail her dead butterflies.

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Tap List | Recycling Program for Breweries Comes to KC

By | August 15, 2023 | 0
A lager collaboration between BKS Artisan Ales and Alma Mader Brewing

Kansas City native Alex Parker is expanding a beer-focused recycling program, Craft for Climate, from Chicago to his hometown.

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Drought Sapping Fisheries and Marshes in Missouri and Kansas

By | August 3, 2023 | 0
A dry and parched Cheyenne Bottoms wetlands area in central Kansas.

The persistent drought in Missouri and Kansas is beginning to sap the water, and the life, out of fisheries and marshes in the region.

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