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Urban Trees are Dying: Is Climate Change the Culprit?

Kansas City’s urban canopy is under stress, and the city is working to address the issue. But what are the root causes?

by Haines Eason

Sustainability

Kansas City Strikes Out on Big Bid for Sustainability Funds

Nearly $200M in Federal Funds Were Sought for 40 Area Projects

by Martin Rosenberg

News & Issues

Grass Lawns are a Landscape Staple, But an Environmental Reckoning Looms

Lawns dominate our physical — and cultural — landscapes. Now concerns over environmental impacts are propelling change.

by Teresa Homsi

News & Issues

Kansas City Faces Fight as Feds Ponder Sustainability Grants

Competitors Seek More Than Six Times Available Funding

by Martin Rosenberg

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.

by Celia Llopis-Jepsen, Kansas News Service

News & Issues

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.

by Celia Llopis-Jepsen, Kansas News Service

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Kansas City Area Seeks Unprecedented Sustainability Grants

Mid-America Regional Council Submits Nearly $200 million in Grant Applications for Federal Funds

by Martin Rosenberg

News & Issues

Solar vs. Soil Debate Brewing Near Lawrence

Solar Farm Faces Pushback Over Loss of Prime Farmland and Overloaded Stormwater System

News & Issues

Evergy Struggles to Cut Carbon as Energy Demand Soars

Sustainability Race Against Climate Change

by Martin Rosenberg

News & Issues

Droughts, Climate Change, Drive US Beef Herd to Historic Low

In major cattle states, ranchers have been coping with intense precipitation events, followed by long stretches with no rain.

by John McCracken, Investigate Midwest

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