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Fairfield Ledger
March 15, 2018
In 2007, a tornado struck Greensburg, Kansas, and annihilated the majority of its buildings and infrastructure. The community rebuilt by harnessing the wind. Today, Greensburg is entirely operated on 100 percent renewable wind energy. Its example sets the stage for the remainder of the film, which urgesÃâà...
Norman Transcript
March 15, 2018
It is high time for the city of Norman to lock in plans for our town to be 100 percent clean-energy powered by 2035. Georgetown, Texas; Abita Springs, Louisiana; and Greensburg, Kansas, have already done it. Salt Lake City, Atlanta, and San Diego have committed to 100 percent clean energy in the nearÃâà...
Manhattan Mercury
March 14, 2018
Smith said Junction City reminds of his hometown of Greensburg, Kansas, “before the tornado” that hit in 2007. He said it's a good place for a recent college graduate; he earned his master's degree in communication studies at K-State. Smith is running against Rep. Lonnie Clark, 74, R-Junction City, whoÃâà...
Mother Nature Network (blog)
March 7, 2018
... for Climate and Energy who have pledged to act on climate change.” Omitted from the CDP's analysis are a few smaller American towns that lean entirely on renewables including Rock Port, Missouri (100 percent wind), Greensburg, Kansas (wind, solar, geothermal) and Kodiak, Alaska (wind and hydro).
Iowa Public Television
March 3, 2018
Kim Gamble/Greensburg, Kansas: “For people who lost their home, lost their job…I think it was harder because their day was filled with just that sense of overwhelming what do I do next? We knew well we've got to start the irrigation engine. So we had a little bit of that, that I think helped us move down theÃâà...
Rockport Pilot
March 1, 2018
The organization helped rebuild a home and the facility in 2007 and later that year asked the Vincent family, owners of the facility and the home, if they would like to “pay it forward” by taking wooden stars to Greensburg, KS. Greensburg had been devastated by a tornado. Fire Chief Pat Samuels,Ãâà...
Joplin Globe
February 17, 2018
Before Joplin's tornado, he flew over Greensburg, Kansas, which also had been hit by a large tornado in 2007. “It went so slowly because of all the stipulations they put on Greensburg,” he said. Looking back at Joplin, he said, “I was amazed that even only after a year that a makeshift hospital was put upÃâà...
Kiowa County Signal
February 15, 2018
The 5.4.7 Arts Center is the first LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Platinum building in Kansas. It is highly energy efficient and is only the 67th building in the United States approved as LEED Platinum. The name 5.4.7 comes from the date the tornado devastated Greensburg, Kansas:Ãâà...
KCUR
May 8, 2017
On May 4, 2007, an enormous tornado nearly wiped Greensburg, Kansas, off the map. What happened next was almost a laboratory experiment in re-engineering the classic American small town. Like the towns all around it, Greensburg was in decline before the storm. In a bid to survive, town leadersÃâà...
KSHB
May 4, 2017
GREENSBURG, Kan. - On May 4, 2007, Greensburg, Kansas was shaken to its core. An EF-5 tornado with winds over 200 mph destroyed 95 percent of the town. Jeff Blackburn, Pastor of the Greensburg Mennonite Church describes that night as the way the town died. “In a way our town died that night butÃâà...
KSHB
April 19, 2017
It was hot, humid and very windy. Local stations were sending out advance warning of storms that were possible later on that evening. Unlike many other storms this one would be different. A deep cobalt blue filled the sky as storm clouds began to form south of Greensburg around 7:30 p.m. that day.
Topeka Capital Journal
April 14, 2017
GREENSBURG, Kan. — While most of the speakers during an annual leadership seminar at K-State spoke about strategy to solve complex challenges, a Greensburg man shared a simple story about a dog. The Hutchinson News reports that it will be 10 years next month when 95 percent of GreensburgÃâà...
ThinkProgress
November 18, 2016
It's been a rough week for climate hawks. President-elect Donald Trump is headed to the White House, where he promises to gut federal climate policy. In light of his ascent to power, green groups are looking to alternate venues for action — namely local and regional governments. California and New YorkÃâà...
The Garden City Telegram
December 31, 1999
She was born May 16, 1921, near Greensburg, Kansas, the daughter of Ralph and Birdie (Reed) Kruse. Estella (Kruse) ... Memorials are suggested to Interim Hospice and Antrim United Methodist Church, both in care of Fleener Funeral Home, 514 S. Main St., PO Box 41, Greensburg, KS 67054-0041.
Sonoma Index-Tribune
December 31, 1999
This group gave encouraging stars to a family of Groesbeck, Texas, after a tornado. Later, the Texas family helped children in Greensburg, Kansas, give inspiration to their neighbors when yet another tornado hit in Kansas, “helping to transform the physical and emotional landscape of Greensburg overnightÃâà...
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