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By Brian Roewe for Earthbeat.Broadcast version by Deborah Van Fleet for Missouri News Service for the Solutions Journalism Network-Public News Service Collaboration. The oldest building at Rockhurst University is now the greenest on campus. When the doors of Sedgwick Hall first opened in 1914, the four-story, stone-block structure along Troost Avenue housed the college, the high school and residence for the Society of Jesus at the Jesuit institution here in Kansas City. . ....
Climate resiliency could soon play a greater role in how cities in Washington plan for population growth. House Bill 1181 would update the state s Growth Management Act so that cities and counties must consider climate change in their comprehensive planning. "This would require all of those plans to take into account climate resiliency, climate-change impacts, planning for those hazards, making communities safer and protected and more resilient to the impacts," said Jamie Stroble, climate director for The Nature Conservancy in Washington. " . ....
The Keystone State s largest coal-burning power plant is set to begin decommissioning on July 1. Sierra Club Pennsylvania Chapter Director Thomas Schuster said the Homer City Generating Station, about 50 miles east of Pittsburgh, has experienced some financial issues, and hasn t operated above 50% of its capacity since 2015. Last year, it was less than 20% of capacity. . ....
U.S. Catholic institutions are finding creative ways to repurpose aging infrastructure, rather than demolish and rebuild. Many have grounded their plans in Catholic teaching, such as Pope Francis' encyclical Laudato Si'. ....