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A Search for Solutions

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Flatland explores six monthly topics by highlighting local organizations pioneering solutions to the climate crisis.

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Kansas City Sustainability Projects Get Grants to Fight Food Waste

A Search for Solutions
Kansas City Sustainability Projects Get Grants to Fight Food Waste
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded $469,924 in grants to support three sustainability projects addressing …
By Clarence Dennis
A Search for Solutions
Kayaking to Cut Coal Fired Power Plants: 2,341 Miles Down the Missouri River
Part passion, part protest, Graham Jordison is paddling his kayak all 2,341 miles of the Missouri River, completely on his ow…
By Clarence Dennis
A Search for Solutions
Hunting for Hot Spots in Kansas City’s Climate
As Cleotis Wilder eased his Acura SUV out of a midtown parking lot, his wife, Brenette, exclaimed from the passenger seat,  
By Mike Sherry
A Search for Solutions
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…
By Mark Ossolinski
A Search for Solutions
Environmental Camp About More Than Making S’mores
Outside of Anita Gorman B. Gorman Conservation Discovery Center, a dozen Kansas City middle schoolers set cardboard boxes on …
By Cody Boston
KC Climate
Earth Day 2021: A Tree A Day Could Help Keep Climate Change At Bay
On a Saturday afternoon in the Fairlane neighborhood of Kansas City, Kate Fowler positions the base of a young American elm t…
By Cody Boston
clean energy
KC Ranks 25th Among 100 Cities on Clean Energy Scorecard
When it comes to the global fight against a looming climate crisis, cities have a lot of weight to pull. Due to the autonomy …
By Cody Boston
Climate
Good News on Climate Change: Most Americans Now Agree It’s Real, Even in the Midwest
Rising sea levels. An extraordinary inland hurricane ripping through the Corn Belt. Uncontrolled wildfires scorching the West…
By Jacob Douglas
Environment
Kansas City’s Regional Climate Change Effort Soldiers on Despite Pandemic
For decades, the biggest question about climate change in Kansas was a basic one: Are greenhouse gas emissions really changin…
By Karen Dillon
Climate
An Earth Day Like No Other
Even as the COVID-19 outbreak consumes the world’s attention, a coalition of activists are struggling to focus attention on…
By Cody Boston
Environment
Kansas City Activists Rally Against Climate Change
**EDIT: The text at :11 in our feature video declares the deadline needed for the elimination greenhouse gas emissions is 201…
By Cody Boston
Environment
Climate Change’s Serious Effects On Kansas Citians Disproportionately Affect The Poor
The discussion about climate change often centers around what increasingly extreme weather will mean for agriculture and the …
By Multiple Reporters