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Posts Tagged ‘Sustainability’

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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Solar vs. Soil Debate Brewing Near Lawrence 

By | April 12, 2024 | 0
A green field. In the middle of the field is an art piece made of dirt and grass that depicts a young farmer. Around the outside of the circle it reads "Save Prime Soil" "Relocate Utility Soil"

Opponents of a proposed 600-acre solar farm say they aren’t against solar power. But they oppose taking prime farmland out of agricultural production. 

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Spring Cleaning the Sustainable and Charitable Way

By | April 9, 2024 | 0
A row of box trucks with various nonprofit logos are lined up in a parking lot. A car drives down a row of cones behind the trucks while volunteers stand nearby in yellow vests.

Kansas Citians donated their gently used items to local charities through a drive-thru Un-Dumpster Day event at South Broadland Presbyterian Church.

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Evergy Struggles to Cut Carbon as Energy Demand Soars

By | April 4, 2024 | 0
In this Feb. 1, 2021, a smokestack from Evergy's Hawthorn coal-fired power plant is silhouetted against the setting sun in Kansas City.

Evergy is struggling to meet soaring demand for electricity in the Kansas City area. It’s complicating efforts to reduce carbon emissions amid climate change.

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Kansas Farmer Brings Renewable Energy Future to Concordia

By | April 3, 2024 | 0
Bruce Graham, former head of the Renewable Energy Department at Cloud County Community College in Concordia, Kansas, stands in front of a wind turbine.

A Kansas farmer has built a renewable energy program at Cloud County Community College, embracing sustainability workforce training to confront climate change.

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