Sustainability
Stories by Celia Llopis-Jepsen, Kansas News Service
Sustainability
Insects Don’t Get Love Like Other Animals. But Kansas Can’t Survive Without Them
Scientists are trying to figure out which insect species are struggling, what it means for ecosystems and, ultimately, how it will impact people.
News & Issues
Trees are Spreading Across the Great Plains, Making Climate Change Worse
We normally think of trees as being good for the environment. But in parts of the Midwest and Great Plains, they're heating up the earth as woodlands take over grasslands.
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A ‘Green Glacier’ is Burying Prairies, Threatening Ranchers and Wildlife
A juggernaut unleashed by humans is grinding slowly across the Great Plains, burying some of the most threatened habitat on the planet beneath dense junipers and shrubland.
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Ethanol Plants Want to Bury CO2 in Kansas to Cut Carbon Footprints
Kansas has three carbon dioxide pipelines. Next, it could get two carbon sequestration wells, linked to ethanol plants.
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Kansas Retirees Resist Evergy’s Bid to Hike Electricity Prices and Profits
Evergy executives hope to grow profits by 6% to 8% a year through a combination of cutting costs, increasing prices and selling more electricity.
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These Cannabis Products Sold in Kansas Could Get You High, and Maybe Arrested
Shops in Hays, Kansas, have been told to turn over their stocks of delta-8 THC products to law enforcement, or they could face criminal repercussions.
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Kansas Hospital Bought COVID-19 Tests That May Only Show You’ve Had A Cold
Public Health Experts Warn Faulty Tests Could Worsen Pandemic
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