Environment
Missouri Finally Mining Untapped Potential With Move Toward Renewable Energy
After years spent lagging behind its neighbors in renewable energy production, Missouri may finally be on the cusp of a green makeover of its power grid.
Environmental Camp About More Than Making S’mores
Greenworks In Kansas City, a local nonprofit, works to connect kids and young adults with environmental education and job opportunities.
Some of Missouri’s Largest CAFOs are Seeking Less Stringent State Regulation
Eleven of Missouri’s largest concentrated animal feeding operations are working to reduce the state’s oversight of their hog facilities, despite a record of manure spills and clean water violations.
As Kansas, Missouri Keep Building Wind Turbines, Some Communities Look to Regulate
In Missouri, Boone County is considering regulations renewable energy proponents say would make building a wind farm impossible.
Volunteer Green Team Battles Stormwater Runoff in Neighborhoods
The Green Team, a program within Groundworks Northeast Revitalization Group, empowers youth to redesign green spaces in cooperation with local neighborhood associations.
Missouri Eases Rules for Building CAFOs Despite Outcry About Potential Pollution
Missouri regulators on Tuesday eased the rules governing design of massive industrial hog facilities in a move critics claim was meant to help one controversial facility.
Evergy Plans Major Coal Shutdowns, But Environmental Groups Say It’s Not Fast Enough
Under mounting pressure to ditch fossil fuels, Evergy plans to close nearly all of its coal-burning plants in the next 20 years.
Grain Belt Transmission Line Forges Ahead Amid Landowner, Lawmaker Pushback
Kansas and Missouri residents could soon reap the benefits of Grain Belt Express, a massive high-powered transmission line delivering renewable energy.
As Regulations Vanish, One Missouri County is Ground Zero for Factory Farming Debate
The state eliminated local control over large animal feeding operations. Some rural residents want that power back.
Without An Energy Plan, Kansas Could Get Left Behind In The Move To A Greener Economy
Despite ample wind and solar resources, Kansas is lagging other states in developing a statewide energy plan.