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Climate is a hot topic in the Kansas Legislature
2013-03-03 04:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Kansas City Star: Almost a decade after Kansas wrestled with the merits of evolution, the Legislature now grapples with the politics of environmental science. As they move to ease often expensive renewable-energy mandates, lawmakers also debate the climate-change worries that help motivate such regulations. Bills look not just to set aside the concerns about greenhouse gases spewed to generate energy. Some would also require schools to teach challenges to mainstream climate science. Others aim to prevent public...
Climate change putting stress on Kansas water resources
2013-03-02 05:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Lawrence Journal World: The current drought gripping all of Kansas and much of the western United States may seem severe now, but it is not abnormal for a region that has seen cyclical droughts for much of the last 1,000 years. What ought to concern Kansans more, a panel of experts said during a symposium Friday night at Kansas University, is the longer-term change in the regions climate that will put greater demand on the states dwindling water resources. From a climate perspective, it looks like its going to...
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Highest Beta in the Railroads Industry Detected in Shares of Kansas...
2013-02-28 13:29:59| Railroads - Topix.net
Below are the three companies in the Railroads industry with the highest betas. Higher-beta stocks mean greater volatility and are therefore generally considered to be riskier but also may provide the potential for higher returns.Kansas City Southern ranks highest with a a beta of 1.4. Following is Genesee & Wyoming with a a beta of 1.3. CSX ranks ... (more)
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Kansas City Southern Rearranges Leadership
2013-02-27 03:08:22| Railroads - Topix.net
Rick Pennington is now vice president of transportation for the Southeast division, based in Shreveport, La.
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Post Rock Wind Farm, Kansas
2013-02-27 01:00:00| Power Technology
The 201MW Post Rock Wind Farm is located in Ellsworth and Lincoln counties of Kansas, US. Wind Capital Group, a US-based subsidiary of Irish renewable energy firm NTR, is the owner and developer of the wind power project.
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