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Watch: Mapping and Managing Energy Burden in Kansas City
January 9, 2025 | Flatland Kansas City
A winter guide to Kansas City area renters’ rights
December 4, 2024 | The Beacon Kansas City
Safety can be free: 3 community organizations provide life-saving products and services
October 28, 2024 | Martin City Telegraph
Energy Code Advocacy Playbook + Training Recording
October 2, 2024 | Midwest Building Decarbonization Coalition Newsletter
City Earns $9M Federal Energy Grant
September 3, 2024 | City of Kansas City, MO
Experts address making Missouri infrastructure more energy efficient
August 24, 2024 | Missouri Business Alert
Ask the KC Council not to weaken important new green standards for home builders
July 29, 2024 | Kansas City Star Editorial Board
Renew Gurus Chats about KC Energy Codes
Updated Building Codes Mean Safer, Healthier Homes for Kansas City
May 2, 2024 | Metropolitan Energy Center
Performance Compliance Path Offers Sustainable Solution Amid Rising Home Building Costs
April 25, 2024 | Metropolitan Energy Center
Reps. Cleaver, Davids Announce $1 Million Grant to Expand EV Infrastructure, Adoption in Kansas City
January 9, 2024 | U.S. Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) and Sharice Davids (D-KS)
DOE Announces $32.5 Million in Funding to Advance Transportation Electrification
January 8, 2024 | U.S. Department of Energy
Region secures $4.7 million grant to help nonprofits increase energy efficiency
November 2, 2023 | The Courier-Tribune
Davids Announces Federal Grant to Lower Home Energy Costs, Improve Energy Efficiency of Public Buildings
October 27, 2023 | Representative Sharice Davids (D-KS)
MEC awarded $400,000 from U.S. Department of Energy’s Buildings UP Prize
October 20, 2023 | Metropolitan Energy Center
Study Links Home Weatherization to Improvements in Health for Children with Asthma
August 21, 2023 | Children’s Mercy Kansas City
DOE Awards $347M for Grid Resilience, Energy Codes, Solar Manufacturing & Wind Turbine Recycling
MEC receives $6.8 million to Support Resilient and Efficient Building Codes and Policy
July 12, 2023 | Metropolitan Energy Center
Energy efficiency rules for new KC homes will take effect after council rejects delay
June 16, 2023 | The Kansas City Star
Power surge: KC won’t penalize energy use violators
June 9, 2023 | The Kansas City Beacon
Kansas City tests nearly 2 dozen curbside EV charging stations
How to make your home more energy efficient this Earth Day
Grant to fund EV charging station, vehicles in Osawatomie, KS
August 17, 2022 | The Miami County Republic
Overland Park considers transitioning more of its city fleet to electric and hybrid vehicles
March 24, 2022 | Shawnee Mission Post
Many Feel the Chill of Mounting Utility Bills
As electric vehicles become more popular, home renters face a charging dilemma
KCI to buy more electric buses
October 20, 2022 | City of Kansas City, MO
Missouri ranks 7th in electric vehicle use, but access to charging remains a key barrier
May 25, 2022 | Missouri Independent
Congressman Cleaver Announces $5.2 Million Grant to Improve Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure, Reduce Vehicle Emissions in Kansas City
November 3, 2021 | Congressman Cleaver
Electric terminal truck available for demonstration across the US
Electric vehicle chargers will soon go up on street light poles in Kansas City
June 23, 2021 | Yale Climate Conversations
Kansas’ first solar-powered electric vehicle charging stations arrive in Olathe
Kansas City, UPS and Cleaner Fuels
July 16, 2020 | Advanced Clean Tech News