Kansas Environmental News

Monday, December 11th, 2017
Science influencers: PNNL scientists among world's most highly cited
.... Jie Xiao is a chief scientist who also holds a joint appointment at the University of Arkansas. Xiao leads research into practical applications ...

Wednesday, August 17th, 2016
Local wind powering more U.S. companies
...his 850-kilowatt distributed wind turbine provides power to the Stafford Co. Flour Mills in Hudson, Kansas. Courtesy of Terry Spradley ...

Friday, July 29th, 2016
Teasing out the microbiome of the Kansas prairie
...3732 Download Original Image The Kansas prairie Courtesy of 22860/Flickr ...

Friday, May 27th, 2016
PNNL helps lead national microbiome initiative
...ing with Jansson on a plan to disentangle the information about microbes that live in soil from the Kansas prairie, puts it this way: "Imagine taking a ...

Monday, March 7th, 2016
Tuesday, March 8: E.P.A. Region Seven to Co-Host Radon Conference in Nebraska City, Neb.
...uesday, March 8, E.P.A. Region seven will join city, Co. and state governmental agencies from Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska, and the American Associat...

Wednesday, March 2nd, 2016
E.P.A. and Franklin County, Kan., Reach Settlement on Clean Water Act Violations
...er or lake, or indirectly via a storm sewer and degrade water quality. The NPDES permitting plan in Kansas requires controls be in place to prevent stormwat...

Friday, February 26th, 2016
E.P.A. Declares Availability of Up to $1.5 Million to Clean Up Diesel Engines in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska
...) today announced the availability of up to $1.5 million in backing for clean diesel plans in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska under the Diesel Emissions...

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2016
Ark. Students Gain E.P.A. Grant for Sustainable Plan
...016) The E.P.A. (EPA) is awarding a People, Prosperity and the Planet (P3) grant to University of Arkansas students for their suggested plan to develop new,...

Wednesday, February 17th, 2016
E.P.A. Sustainability Grants Awarded to Teams from University of Kansas, Kansas State University, and University of Missouri
... (Lenexa, Kan., Feb. 17, 2016) - Student teams from the University of Kansas, Kansas State University, and the University of M...