Climate Change
Allowing More Juice to Flow Through Power Lines Could Hasten Clean Energy
America’s power lines can’t handle all the energy promised by thousands of proposed solar, wind and battery energy projects. Technology can ease the gridlock.
Push to Plant Trees in Kansas City Takes Root
Trees are being planted in Kansas City at an unprecedented pace, putting the city in the front ranks of American cities aggressively fighting climate change.
Ethanol Plants Want to Bury CO2 in Kansas to Cut Carbon Footprints
Two companies in Kansas want to pump carbon dioxide emissions deep underground to combat climate change. But environmental groups and landowners are opposed.
U.S. Hopes to Build Pipelines for Carbon Capture. Landowners Don’t Want Them
Thousands of miles of oil and gas pipelines crisscross the country. Now, more are being proposed to carry things like carbon dioxide to combat climate change.
Kansas City Tapping Massive Vein of Sustainability Funding
The Kansas City area, which is emerging as a national sustainability hub, is pursuing up to $200 million in federal funds for green projects.
New Exhibition Asks Crucial Question: Where Are the Birds?
The birds of North America are dying. A new exhibit at the Linda Hall Library documents their decline, and the reasons behind it.
Grain Belt Express Wins Final Approval in Missouri
Regulators have given final approval to the owners of the Grain Belt Express transmission line to drop off thousands of megawatts of clean energy in Missouri.
Midwest Faces Future of Hazardous Heat, and Homes Aren’t Ready
Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska are part of an emerging “extreme heat belt” that could deliver more scorching days that will test existing dwellings.
Wind Nearly Stopped Blowing Through Midwest Turbines in June
The amount of renewable energy produced in the Midwest declined sharply in June because less wind blew through turbines in the region.
Poor Regulatory Safeguards Leave Farmworkers Suffocating in the Face of Increasing Heat Waves
A fifth of reported heat-related deaths are agricultural workers. Advocates are calling attention to the impact of climate change on this group from heat waves.