Impacts Photo by Keagan Henman on Unsplash Jeff Basara and Jordan Christian: Farmers face soaring risk of flash droughts in every major food-growing region Flash droughts develop fast, and when they hit at the wrong time, they can devastate a region’s agriculture. They’re also becoming increasingly common as the planet warms.
CausesShannon Ramos/Flickr Keystone executive gives Kansas legislators vague answers on oil spill cleanup A vice president for Keystone’s parent company, TC Energy, could not specify how long cleanup might take under questioning by Kansas legislators.
Solutions Venus Kitastojgawasic/Flickr Missouri House approves bill aimed at blocking local EV charging station mandates A bill passed Thursday to require cities and counties to pay for electric vehicle chargers in order to mandate businesses install them.
ImpactsU.S. Department of the Interior/ Flickr U.S. Interior Secretary to promote big spending jump for tribal, climate programs Interior Secretary Deb Haaland will ask a U.S. House panel to increase funding for tribal programs and climate resilience efforts.
CausesNikonian Novice/ Flickr Documents show Spire scrambling for survival of St. Louis pipeline after court ruling Spire warned that a winter storm could leave up to 400,000 customers without heat in the depths of winter.
Causes As CAFO lawsuit heads to Missouri Supreme Court, counties weigh options The Missouri Supreme Court is expected to hear a lawsuit over county regulation of concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs.
Politics Grain Belt Express takes first resistant Missouri landowner to court Progress on the $2 billion transmission line is accelerating as 65% of the route in Missouri and Kansas has been acquired voluntarily.
