Tag: Kansas
How to keep businesses (and small towns) alive when owners retire
In Kansas, a new matchmaking service is helping transition small businesses to new hands. Could it be a model for the rest of rural America?
This small town refused to settle for Wal-Mart when its last...
After four years without an independent grocery store, the residents of Iola, Kansas, found a way to bring one back.
Pipeline explosion in Kansas highlights unreliable nature of fossil fuel infrastructure
Early Tuesday evening, a gas pipeline ruptured near Kansas City, provoking a large fire. This latest leak further highlights the hazards pipelines present to the environment and public.
3 Men Arrested for Plotting Bomb Attack on Muslim Immigrants in...
“These charges are based on eight months of investigation by the FBI that is alleged to have taken the investigators deep into a hidden culture of hatred and violence.”
Injection of Fracking Wastewater Caused Kansas’ Biggest Earthquake
This man-made quake, which hit 40 miles southwest of Wichita and felt as far away as Memphis, likely came from just one or two nearby wells.
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Algae vs. the sanitation crisis: How a rural South African town is cleaning wastewater...
A low-cost, climate-resilient solution using microalgae offers hope for clean water in underserved communities across Africa.
A world without iPhones?
Can you even imagine it? Well, lets try.
Trump moves to slash $9.5 billion in foreign aid and public media funding as...
Trump moves to slash $9.5 billion in foreign aid and public media funding as humanitarian crises deepen.
Climate change is worsening seasonal allergies by boosting plant pollen production
Higher carbon dioxide levels and warmer temperatures are causing plants to increase their pollen production, which can be severe for allergy sufferers.
The war on trans people
And his executive actions are only the spear tip of a significantly larger legislative attempt to target and scapegoat transgender people, who make up just over one percent of the U.S. population.