Tag: climate change

Today, I would like to speak with you about climate change. It’s all right; I come in peace. Before you stop reading, I won’t be discussing statistics, using guilt or inciting controversy.  In America, the…

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Wichita-area high school is operating one of the largest privately owned solar power systems in Kansas and hopes to generate enough energy in one day to power the school for…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is bragging about a new deal with Mexico that provides for “large” sales of U.S. farm goods, but it doesn’t appear to exist. In weekend tweets, he announced in…

Unpredictable weather has been the bane of emergency preparedness folks around these parts; these days it seems every glimpse of sun is followed by a downpour. This spring has inspired us to expand our vocabulary.…

Much like sex education and evolution, the teaching of climate change is the latest topic backed by a wealth of sound science forced to yield to political pressure from a small group of disbelievers. Growing…

Drive on any major highway in Kansas and you’ll likely see some roadkill. For decades, biologists at the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism have found a treasure trove in their counts of flattened…

If you?ve driven up from Oklahoma City, or across I-70 in western Kansas, or even through Burlington, you?ve surely noticed the fields of wind turbines. It makes for quite a sight. But wind turbines don?t just create a…

All five of the hottest years on record have occurred in the last five years, according to global temperature data released Wednesday by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. While 2018 was slightly…

Every winter brings some bitterly cold days, and it thus seems natural that each winter we ask why this one is so cold. Maybe the coldest we?ve had! And in the summer, it?s the same: isn?t…

With frigid Arctic weather descending on tens of millions of Americans, states have declared emergencies, mail carriers are staying inside, and there’s a risk of frostbite for exposed skin in Chicago in as little as…