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‘Ten Years to Save the Planet’: Kansas City Metro’s Small-town Mayors Take Up Climate Fight
Mayors and local officials founded Climate Action KC, and are taking measurable steps to reduce emissions and create healthier communities throughout the Kansas City metro.
Price of Progress: Grain Belt Express Pits Public Benefit and Private Property Rights in Race Against Climate Change
The Grain Belt Express, an 800-mile transmission line that would connect renewable wind energy in Kansas with customers in several states to the east, is facing opposition from landowners in its path.
Can YOU Really Impact Climate Change?
Eliminating food waste, ditching your timed coffeemaker and turning down your thermostat are a few helpful habits that can make a difference in the fight against climate change.
Fertilizer Washes off Midwest Farm Fields and Taints Communities’ Drinking Water, Poisons Gulf of Mexico
As rainfall events become more intense and frequent, fertilizers applied to Midwestern farmland wash away, contaminating waterways near and far.
Sustainability Ambitions Soaring at KCI
Kansas City International Airport plans to have electric buses linking economy parking with its sparkling new terminal recharge wirelessly – on the fly, so to speak – which would make it the first airport in the world with that capability.