Celia Llopis-Jepsen
Host of the NPR Network podcast Up From Dust, about ecology & environment in the Midwest & Great Plains. Based at KCUR in Kansas City. t.co/lgdus2FRqA
- Latest episode of Up From Dust: Help scientists document Midwest light pollution by looking at Orion and reporting what you see on a smartphone www.kcur.org/environment-...
- The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation is one of the first hemp fiber processors in Kansas. It wants the investment to benefit both the tribe and the environment. www.kcur.org/environment-...
- This Kansas house being built with hemp is designed to keep down electricity bills | www.kcur.org/environment-...
- Parsons, Kansas, will be the site of the world's first 1-mile deep nuclear reactor, a California startup says. And it will hold a groundbreaking ceremony next week: www.kcur.org/environment-... #Kansas #ksleg #ArtificialIntelligence #datacenters #AI #advancednuclear #NuclearPower
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- A nuclear startup wants to put a reactor 1 mile underground in #Kansas. #ksleg Deep Fission says it can help tech companies meet the "explosive demand" for more energy to power #ArtificialIntelligence. www.kcur.org/news/2025-10... #datacenters #AI
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- Kansas could get a second nuclear power plant. This one would be advanced nuclear power -- built by a company cofounded by Bill Gates. Deets here. Plus the reasons why KS clean energy advocates have some concerns: www.kcur.org/environment-... #cleanenergy
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- Reposted by Celia Llopis-JepsenHappy autumn equinox! ✨🍁🦇🍄🟫🍃🦔 Here’s a little autumn critter parade to wish you an invigorating and beautiful fresh season ahead 🧡🦝🍂🎃 I painted this a little while back using gouache paints, which I don’t use very often, hoping to experiment with them more soon! 🎨
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- The US Army Corps of Engineers is doing a test run of an underwater dredging method right now in Kansas. This method hasn't been used on a lake before, so it's unclear whether it will work: www.kcur.org/news/2025-09...
- Industrial waste processing & recycling plant could get a vote tonight in KCK without the expected public meetings. Neighbors in the low-income, predominantly Hispanic neighborhood are worried about the facility. www.kcur.org/news/2025-09...
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- New episode of Up From Dust! An adventure on the Kansas River with people who love it and are making it a better place: www.kcur.org/2025-07-02/k...
- How to pick the right fixtures and bulbs for wildlife-friendly outdoor lighting at home | www.kcur.org/news/2025-07...
- "The House just passed a bill to take back $1.1 billion in public media broadcasting funding that has already been approved by Congress." www.kcur.org/inside-kcur/...
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- President Trump is asking lawmakers to claw back the $1.1 billion in federal subsidies for public broadcasting that Congress approved earlier this year. www.kcur.org/politics-ele...
- New ep of Up From Dust! Light pollution feels out of our control, right? Come visit the 12th urban night sky spot in the world. And hear how we actually can rein in light pollution -- with payoffs for ourselves, for wildlife and more: www.kcur.org/2025-06-03/s... #darkskies
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- Reposted by Celia Llopis-JepsenNEWS: NPR and three Colorado public radio stations sue Trump White House over effort to ban federal funding for NPR & PBS The lawsuit calls Trump's executive order "textbook retaliation" for protected free speech - threatening public radio My story: www.npr.org/2025/05/27/n...
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- Humans are killing helpful insects in hundreds of ways − simple steps can reduce the harm | theconversation.com/humans-are-k...
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- How Herbicide Drift from Farms Is Harming Trees in Midwest | e360.yale.edu/features/her...
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- A ton of research has ground to a halt in the US. Including this -- a US Dept of Energy initiative that aimed to dramatically cut fertilizer-related pollution: The Trump administration pauses a moonshot push to grow biofuel crops with less fertilizer www.kcur.org/news/2025-05...
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[Not loaded yet] - I include @prairieecologist.bsky.social's blog in my enviro news RSS because I need the eye candy! Perfect example: prairieecologist.com/2025/04/03/c...
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- New episode of Up From Dust! Soil health is all the rage. It's also big $$$. But what if the products you're buying aren't worth the dough? Come learn about a kind of microbe everyone wants in their soil -- and the billion-dollar industry that sells it. www.kcur.org/2025-04-01/t...
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- Hundreds of students abroad are caught up in USAID cuts to K-State food security programs | Additionally, feds have not reimbursed K-State for about $1m in unpaid bills related to its global food security work. And the payment portal is now closed. #ksleg www.kcur.org/politics-ele...
- The canceled USDA programs help schools include fresh and local produce in their cafeterias: www.kcur.org/news/2025-03...
- The questions that kids ask. :)
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- Up From Dust is back! This episode: The young scientist who 'brazenly trespassed' in 1978 and unwittingly started upon a 40-year journey to understand why one place was killing so many birds. Hear him tell his story: www.kcur.org/2025-03-04/c... #ecology #birds #birding
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- Funding freeze leaves Kansas farmers unpaid for work they already completed | “Now the USDA is telling me I may not get paid and I don't understand how that's possible.” www.hppr.org/hppr-news/20...
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- Reposted by Celia Llopis-JepsenMass firings hit critical National Weather Service and NOAA offices. Via @byscottdance.com wapo.st/4hX87ZQ
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- More than 200 FEMA employees fired, raising concerns among disaster experts | www.npr.org/2025/02/21/n...
- "There were discussions about culling animals without dedicated staff to make sure they were fed ... the remaining employees are trying to fill in the gaps, even though many are not paid for this work." www.iowapublicradio.org/ipr-news/202...
- "A growing number of congressional Republicans are desperately trying to back-channel with White House officials," Politico reports. www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
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- Reposted by Celia Llopis-JepsenPublic Environmental Data Partners archives climate datasets, uploading copies to public repositories and cataloging where and how to find them if they go missing from government websites. Scholars explain: buff.ly/3EELhYh
- "More than 1,000 federal workers in Kansas City may face termination this week as part of the Trump administration’s cost-cutting blitz." www.kcur.org/news/2025-02... by Frank Morris at @kcur.org
- "The American Soybean Association, National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition and other groups are urging the new administration to honor legally binding contracts." | by Rachel Cramer at Harvest Public Media www.kcur.org/news/2025-02...
- Reposted by Celia Llopis-JepsenUSDA says it accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is trying to rehire them In a statement, an Agriculture Department spokesperson told NBC News that officials are "working to swiftly rectify the situation." www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
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- CDC, NIH and FDA losing a couple thousand employees, at least -- www.npr.org/sections/sho...
- The Trump administration has fired thousands of USDA employees, including farm loan officers, animal disease scientists and conservationists: subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...
- One of 1,000 people at the National Park Service who lost their jobs last week. www.npr.org/2025/02/17/n...
- A proposal to resolve decades-long wrangling over water in the area of Quivira National Wildlife Refuge is slated for release this spring: www.kcur.org/news/2025-02...
- Kansas lawmakers push to resurrect 'Food for Peace' amidst efforts to dismantle USAID | www.kcur.org/news/2025-02...
- The deletions include a paragraph that said: "Science is still a male-dominated field, but Rubin Observatory is working to increase participation from women and other people who have historically been excluded from science." www.space.com/the-universe...
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- NOAA scientists now subject to oversight when communicating internationally. Also, NOAA employees have been told that 50% of them will lose their jobs. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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- Profiling critics was part of a push to "downplay pesticide dangers, discredit opponents and undermine international policymaking." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
- Also -- same news from St Louis today.
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- "Even if Musk eventually loses access to these systems—owing to a temporary court order such as the one approved yesterday, say—whatever data he siphons now could be his forever."
