Sustainability

The morning light reflects off rooftop solar panels in the Lakewood subdivision.

Tapping Tax Credits to Fuel Alternative Energy

Tax credits are helping more people adopt alternative energy sources such as solar panels and electric vehicles. But raising awareness is still a challenge.

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Panasonic Energy's electric vehicle battery plant is under construction in De Soto, Kansas.

Can Panasonic Help Kansas be Saudi Arabia of Clean Energy?

The new Panasonic facility in DeSoto will be the world’s biggest battery plant, raising the question of whether Kansas can be the Saudi Arabia of clean energy.

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Sprinklers irrigate a field in Hamilton County, Kansas, where some farmers have petitioned to be removed from a local groundwater management district. State lawmakers are pressuring the district to do more to conserve water in the Ogallala Aquifer.

‘Time for a Reckoning.’ Kansas Farmers Brace for Water Cuts to Save Ogallala Aquifer

After decades of local inaction, Kansas lawmakers are pushing for big changes in irrigation to conserve water and save the Ogallala Aquifer.

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A water tower in Guymon, Oklahoma, which relies on the Ogallala Aquifer for drinking water.

Parched in the Panhandle: Town Frets About Water

How Seaboard Foods rebuilt the Oklahoma panhandle’s economy, which ushered in a new era of groundwater depletion from the Ogallala Aquifer.

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Evergy's Lawrence Energy Center.

Report: Rural America Produces Greenhouse Gasses on Behalf of Urban and Suburban Areas

At least 36% of greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. come from rural America, but they’re mostly used to produce energy and food for urban and suburban areas. 

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