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    • Study: Climate change could cost Kansas $1 billion

      - 04:19 PM CDT

      Rising temperatures and reduced water supply could cost Kansas more than $1 billion in agriculture losses by 2017, says a new study from the University of Maryland's Center for Integrative Environmental Research.

    THE REGION

    Climate change making ominous mark on Midwest
    It’s not just warmer winters: The changes could affect the food we eat, the energy we consume and the forests we treasure.

    COMMENTARY

    A green president is needed, but who?
    The extinction of hundreds of thousands of species, the recession of rainforests, the expansion of deserts, the dramatic increase in the intensity and incidences of hurricanes and wildfires, and the significant rising of worldwide ocean levels—all are consequences of global warming. Unfortunately, of all the topics talked about on the presidential campaign trail, global warming and the energy crisis have been swept pretty much under the rug, playing second fiddle to the war in Iraq and immigration.

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    CLIMATE EXTRA

    It was an unlikely alliance, but it brought Kansas City Power & Light, the Sierra Club and Concerned Citizens of Platte County one of the area’s top environmental awards Wednesday night.

    CHANGING CLIMATE IN KC



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