Climate Change

Mothers Out Front fights for clean energy to insure a healthy future for children.

Extreme winds and drought fueled widespread grass fires across western and central Kansas earlier this month. Now, the ranchers, farmers and communities who lost so much begin to pick up the pieces.

People increasingly want to consider environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors when investing.

When the president comes to Kansas City on Wednesday, Florence Hayden doesn't expect to see him near her home along U.S. Highway 71. But she hopes he'll learn from officials how the highway separated her kids from their playmates, and how funding from his infrastructure bill might help other families avoid similiar losses.

Kansas City has already made some changes to address climate change, such as a switch to electric municipal vehicles. Other changes will take a more concerted effort.

Blunt was the sole Missouri Republican to vote for the infrastructure bill, but has objections to other ideas Biden is proposing.

Prisons run by the Kansas Department of Corrections aren't always air-conditioned, and inmates and staff who work inside say the heat can be unbearable.

A new-found link between increasing heat and drought means climate change-related impacts to Kansas crops could be double what was expected.

More young people say they're struggling with anxiety and depression related to climate change. In Kansas City, one mother is pushing the environmental movement to prioritize mental health and prevent activists from burning out.

As climate change worsens anxiety and depression among young people, Sami Aaron is teaching local environmentalists how to prioritize their mental health — instead of sacrificing themselves for the cause.

The federal government pays farmers to do things that fight global warming. And farmers want in. There's just not enough money to go around.

More home gardeners in Kansas City are deciding to fill their yards not with grass, but with native wildflowers, which are better for the environment. But that’s putting these homeowners in conflict with their neighbors, and Kansas City code.