Climate

Overland Park will place electric vehicle charging stations at two of its most popular visitor amenities in the southern portion of the city. The city will install two new dual-port EV chargers at Deanna Rose Children’s Farmstead and two more...

By Nomin Ujiyediin In late July, heat indexes in the Kansas City area topped 110 degrees for days on end. The National Weather Service called it a “very unusual event,” with exceptionally hot nighttime temperatures. And New Jersey-based nonprofit research group...

Ground-level ozone exceeded healthy levels Tuesday for a tenth day this month – making it the worst year for June smog since 2012, according to records kept by the Mid-America Regional Council. Another ozone alert appeared likely for Wednesday...

Climate Action Kansas City, a regional nonprofit aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions, is now under new leadership that includes a northeast Johnson County elected official. Current Johnson County Chairman Mike Kelly and educator Lindsey Constance, a former Shawnee city...

By Eva Tesfaye  Kansas City is one of the top five metropolitan areas expected to experience heat index temperatures above 125 degrees in the coming decades, according to a new heat risk model. St. Louis is also on the list. The...