Climate + Energy Project
@cepheartland.bsky.social
We seek to dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions in America's Heartland through energy efficiency and renewable energy, in policy and practice.
Today is the last day to register to vote in the Nov 4, 2025 election. You can also update any name changes or addresses during this time. Go to ksvotes.org or the KS Secretary of State website.
October 14, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Today is the last day to register to vote in the Nov 4, 2025 election. You can also update any name changes or addresses during this time. Go to ksvotes.org or the KS Secretary of State website.
Day 2 of Future Forward 2025!
October 9, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Day 2 of Future Forward 2025!
We are 1 day away from the 2025 Future Forward Conference 💡 Take a look at our lineup of speakers for Day 1 ⚡️
October 7, 2025 at 7:18 PM
We are 1 day away from the 2025 Future Forward Conference 💡 Take a look at our lineup of speakers for Day 1 ⚡️
Make a public comment to save the EPA Endangerment Finding! Deadline is Sept. 22!
September 19, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Make a public comment to save the EPA Endangerment Finding! Deadline is Sept. 22!
⏰ It’s almost time for the 2025 Future Forward: The Kansas Energy Economy Conference!
Here are some important dates to keep in mind!
9/19 is the last day to book a room block
9/30 is the final day to submit proposals for poster presentations, & to sign up for volunteering
Here are some important dates to keep in mind!
9/19 is the last day to book a room block
9/30 is the final day to submit proposals for poster presentations, & to sign up for volunteering
September 18, 2025 at 9:07 PM
⏰ It’s almost time for the 2025 Future Forward: The Kansas Energy Economy Conference!
Here are some important dates to keep in mind!
9/19 is the last day to book a room block
9/30 is the final day to submit proposals for poster presentations, & to sign up for volunteering
Here are some important dates to keep in mind!
9/19 is the last day to book a room block
9/30 is the final day to submit proposals for poster presentations, & to sign up for volunteering
📣AGENDA📣
Future Forward 2025 agenda is here and subject to change! Register for your ticket today at bit.ly/FutureForward25
Future Forward 2025 agenda is here and subject to change! Register for your ticket today at bit.ly/FutureForward25
September 16, 2025 at 8:50 PM
📣AGENDA📣
Future Forward 2025 agenda is here and subject to change! Register for your ticket today at bit.ly/FutureForward25
Future Forward 2025 agenda is here and subject to change! Register for your ticket today at bit.ly/FutureForward25
Repealing the Endangerment Finding guts EPA’s climate authority. It weakens air protections, harms public health, and leaves vulnerable communities exposed. This isn’t reform. It’s retreat. #SaveEPA #DefendScience
🔗: bit.ly/9425Webinar
🔗: bit.ly/9425Webinar
August 27, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Repealing the Endangerment Finding guts EPA’s climate authority. It weakens air protections, harms public health, and leaves vulnerable communities exposed. This isn’t reform. It’s retreat. #SaveEPA #DefendScience
🔗: bit.ly/9425Webinar
🔗: bit.ly/9425Webinar
📣 REGISTER TO VOLUNTEER 📣
Want to be part of KS statewide energy conference? We have open positions to volunteer for room monitoring at our 2025 “Future Forward: The Kansas Energy Economy” Conference this October.
Want to be part of KS statewide energy conference? We have open positions to volunteer for room monitoring at our 2025 “Future Forward: The Kansas Energy Economy” Conference this October.
August 26, 2025 at 4:42 PM
📣 REGISTER TO VOLUNTEER 📣
Want to be part of KS statewide energy conference? We have open positions to volunteer for room monitoring at our 2025 “Future Forward: The Kansas Energy Economy” Conference this October.
Want to be part of KS statewide energy conference? We have open positions to volunteer for room monitoring at our 2025 “Future Forward: The Kansas Energy Economy” Conference this October.
📣REGISTRATION/PROPOSALS📣
The 2025 Furture Forward Conference is 43 days away! We are still accepting registration and calls for proposals with a deadline to submit by July 18th.
If you have any questions please contact Allison Thomas: thomas@climateandenergy.org
The 2025 Furture Forward Conference is 43 days away! We are still accepting registration and calls for proposals with a deadline to submit by July 18th.
If you have any questions please contact Allison Thomas: thomas@climateandenergy.org
August 26, 2025 at 4:40 PM
📣REGISTRATION/PROPOSALS📣
The 2025 Furture Forward Conference is 43 days away! We are still accepting registration and calls for proposals with a deadline to submit by July 18th.
If you have any questions please contact Allison Thomas: thomas@climateandenergy.org
The 2025 Furture Forward Conference is 43 days away! We are still accepting registration and calls for proposals with a deadline to submit by July 18th.
If you have any questions please contact Allison Thomas: thomas@climateandenergy.org
📣 CALLING FOR POSTER PRESENTATIONS 📣
Present your innovative work, research, or projects at our upcoming “Future Forward: The Energy Economy” Conference in October!
Poster sessions will offer a space for networking, peer learning, and in-depth discussions with conference participants.
Present your innovative work, research, or projects at our upcoming “Future Forward: The Energy Economy” Conference in October!
Poster sessions will offer a space for networking, peer learning, and in-depth discussions with conference participants.
August 21, 2025 at 9:11 PM
📣 CALLING FOR POSTER PRESENTATIONS 📣
Present your innovative work, research, or projects at our upcoming “Future Forward: The Energy Economy” Conference in October!
Poster sessions will offer a space for networking, peer learning, and in-depth discussions with conference participants.
Present your innovative work, research, or projects at our upcoming “Future Forward: The Energy Economy” Conference in October!
Poster sessions will offer a space for networking, peer learning, and in-depth discussions with conference participants.
Please consider attending the Climate Conference: Faithful Response to Climate Change on Saturday, September 20th from 8am-4pm in-person or 9am-11:45am virtually. CEP’s executive director, Dorothy Barnett will be a speaker during the breakout sessions.
August 20, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Please consider attending the Climate Conference: Faithful Response to Climate Change on Saturday, September 20th from 8am-4pm in-person or 9am-11:45am virtually. CEP’s executive director, Dorothy Barnett will be a speaker during the breakout sessions.
🎺CALL FOR POSTERS🎺
The 2025 Future Forward Conference is accepting applications posters for presentation!
This is a great opportunity to for professionals and students to showcase recent research! See slides for more info or go to bit.ly/2025ffcallforposters
The 2025 Future Forward Conference is accepting applications posters for presentation!
This is a great opportunity to for professionals and students to showcase recent research! See slides for more info or go to bit.ly/2025ffcallforposters
August 14, 2025 at 9:19 PM
🎺CALL FOR POSTERS🎺
The 2025 Future Forward Conference is accepting applications posters for presentation!
This is a great opportunity to for professionals and students to showcase recent research! See slides for more info or go to bit.ly/2025ffcallforposters
The 2025 Future Forward Conference is accepting applications posters for presentation!
This is a great opportunity to for professionals and students to showcase recent research! See slides for more info or go to bit.ly/2025ffcallforposters
You have until August 15th to sign up for public comment!
Email: EPA-MobileSource-Hearings@epa.gov
to sign up!
Email: EPA-MobileSource-Hearings@epa.gov
to sign up!
August 14, 2025 at 8:47 PM
You have until August 15th to sign up for public comment!
Email: EPA-MobileSource-Hearings@epa.gov
to sign up!
Email: EPA-MobileSource-Hearings@epa.gov
to sign up!
‼️DEADLINE TODAY‼️: Help Protect the EPA’s Endangerment Finding
Today is the last day to pre-register to provide oral testimony against the dismantling of the 2009 EPA Endangerment Finding.
Today is the last day to pre-register to provide oral testimony against the dismantling of the 2009 EPA Endangerment Finding.
August 12, 2025 at 5:10 PM
‼️DEADLINE TODAY‼️: Help Protect the EPA’s Endangerment Finding
Today is the last day to pre-register to provide oral testimony against the dismantling of the 2009 EPA Endangerment Finding.
Today is the last day to pre-register to provide oral testimony against the dismantling of the 2009 EPA Endangerment Finding.
We are hiring 4-5 mobilizers for the CEP team! Here are the details!
⭐️ Remote position! Must have access to internet to attend weekly meetings and update contact data in software.
⭐️ 5-7 hours a week from 9/22-11/11
⭐️Pays $500 after the Nov. election
(1/2)
⭐️ Remote position! Must have access to internet to attend weekly meetings and update contact data in software.
⭐️ 5-7 hours a week from 9/22-11/11
⭐️Pays $500 after the Nov. election
(1/2)
August 11, 2025 at 7:55 PM
We are hiring 4-5 mobilizers for the CEP team! Here are the details!
⭐️ Remote position! Must have access to internet to attend weekly meetings and update contact data in software.
⭐️ 5-7 hours a week from 9/22-11/11
⭐️Pays $500 after the Nov. election
(1/2)
⭐️ Remote position! Must have access to internet to attend weekly meetings and update contact data in software.
⭐️ 5-7 hours a week from 9/22-11/11
⭐️Pays $500 after the Nov. election
(1/2)
Primary Election Day! Polls are open from 7am-7pm!
August 5, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Primary Election Day! Polls are open from 7am-7pm!
“Every report we read says this is the decade to scale up renewables and cut emissions. Yet we’re headed in the opposite direction.”
Dorothy Barnett, ED of the CEP, shares expert insight on how federal energy rollbacks and new gas plant approvals will impact Kansas communities and the climate.
Dorothy Barnett, ED of the CEP, shares expert insight on how federal energy rollbacks and new gas plant approvals will impact Kansas communities and the climate.
July 31, 2025 at 6:47 PM
“Every report we read says this is the decade to scale up renewables and cut emissions. Yet we’re headed in the opposite direction.”
Dorothy Barnett, ED of the CEP, shares expert insight on how federal energy rollbacks and new gas plant approvals will impact Kansas communities and the climate.
Dorothy Barnett, ED of the CEP, shares expert insight on how federal energy rollbacks and new gas plant approvals will impact Kansas communities and the climate.
Early in-person voting is open for Kansas! Check your local county elections office for in-person details and how to request an advance or absentee ballot.
You can find that info on the sos.ks.gov website!
You can find that info on the sos.ks.gov website!
July 30, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Early in-person voting is open for Kansas! Check your local county elections office for in-person details and how to request an advance or absentee ballot.
You can find that info on the sos.ks.gov website!
You can find that info on the sos.ks.gov website!
📣CALL FOR PROPOSALS📣
The 2025 Furture Forward Conference is accepting calls for proposals with a deadline to submit by July 18th.
If you have any questions please contact Allison Thomas (thomas@climateandenergy.org).
The 2025 Furture Forward Conference is accepting calls for proposals with a deadline to submit by July 18th.
If you have any questions please contact Allison Thomas (thomas@climateandenergy.org).
July 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
📣CALL FOR PROPOSALS📣
The 2025 Furture Forward Conference is accepting calls for proposals with a deadline to submit by July 18th.
If you have any questions please contact Allison Thomas (thomas@climateandenergy.org).
The 2025 Furture Forward Conference is accepting calls for proposals with a deadline to submit by July 18th.
If you have any questions please contact Allison Thomas (thomas@climateandenergy.org).
The KCC approved the Evergy Docket 25-EKCE-207-PRE which is the Reno and Sumner county gas plants. Here is a statement from Dorothy Barnett, Climate + Energy Project Executive Director.
July 7, 2025 at 9:39 PM
The KCC approved the Evergy Docket 25-EKCE-207-PRE which is the Reno and Sumner county gas plants. Here is a statement from Dorothy Barnett, Climate + Energy Project Executive Director.
The KCC has scheduled a Special Business Meeting Notice for today, July 7, 2025, for 3pm CT. We anticipate the Evergy Gas Plants docket (25-EKCE-207-PRE) might be discussed during this meeting.
July 7, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The KCC has scheduled a Special Business Meeting Notice for today, July 7, 2025, for 3pm CT. We anticipate the Evergy Gas Plants docket (25-EKCE-207-PRE) might be discussed during this meeting.
Here’s what you need to know:
Evergy has filed a docket # 25-EKCE-294-RTS to the KCC requesting a $196.4 million (8.62%) rate increase for Evergy KS Central customers. If approved, average rates would increase to $13.05 per month, starting September 2025.
Evergy has filed a docket # 25-EKCE-294-RTS to the KCC requesting a $196.4 million (8.62%) rate increase for Evergy KS Central customers. If approved, average rates would increase to $13.05 per month, starting September 2025.
July 2, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Here’s what you need to know:
Evergy has filed a docket # 25-EKCE-294-RTS to the KCC requesting a $196.4 million (8.62%) rate increase for Evergy KS Central customers. If approved, average rates would increase to $13.05 per month, starting September 2025.
Evergy has filed a docket # 25-EKCE-294-RTS to the KCC requesting a $196.4 million (8.62%) rate increase for Evergy KS Central customers. If approved, average rates would increase to $13.05 per month, starting September 2025.
🏈Silent auction items and raffle is open for bidding!🍸
View more items at bit.ly/2025CEPAuction
View raffle items at bit.ly/2025CEPRaffle
Don’t miss out on amazing items!
View more items at bit.ly/2025CEPAuction
View raffle items at bit.ly/2025CEPRaffle
Don’t miss out on amazing items!
June 9, 2025 at 7:27 PM
🏈Silent auction items and raffle is open for bidding!🍸
View more items at bit.ly/2025CEPAuction
View raffle items at bit.ly/2025CEPRaffle
Don’t miss out on amazing items!
View more items at bit.ly/2025CEPAuction
View raffle items at bit.ly/2025CEPRaffle
Don’t miss out on amazing items!
Higher electric bills? The Kansas Corporation Commission should tell monopoly utility Evergy NO.
May 23, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Higher electric bills? The Kansas Corporation Commission should tell monopoly utility Evergy NO.
Monopoly utility Evergy wants to make Kansans pay for 2 new gas-fired power plants — putting at least $2B more on our electric bills.
May 23, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Monopoly utility Evergy wants to make Kansans pay for 2 new gas-fired power plants — putting at least $2B more on our electric bills.