Sustainability

An aerial view of the Florida Power & Light Echo River Solar Energy Center in Wellborn, Florida.

Evergy to Lead Group Building Massive KCI Solar Farm

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 turbines on the prairie.

Wind Nearly Stopped Blowing Through Midwest Turbines in June

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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A dead butterfly in a plastic baggie.

Butterfly Collapse Spurs New Investigation in Kansas

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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A lager collaboration between BKS Artisan Ales and Alma Mader Brewing

Tap List | Recycling Program for Breweries Comes to KC

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

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A dry and parched Cheyenne Bottoms wetlands area in central Kansas.

Drought Sapping Fisheries and Marshes in Missouri and 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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