Allison Kite
Reporter | The Missouri IndependentAllison Kite is a data reporter for The Missouri Independent and Kansas Reflector, with a focus on the environment and agriculture. A graduate of the University of Kansas, she’s covered state government in both Topeka and Jefferson City, and most recently was City Hall reporter for The Kansas City Star.
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Legislation granted initial approval Wednesday in the Missouri House prohibits exporting water to other states without a permit. -
Critics say the Missouri legislation debated this week could jeopardize the state’s groundwater and 136,000 miles of streams. -
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is drilling through basement floors in the Cades Cove subdivision of Florissant to determine whether there is radioactive contamination under residents’ homes. -
The Missouri House Conservation and Natural Resources Committee on Monday heard testimony on a bill that would transfer $300,000 to a radioactive waste investigations fund created six years ago. -
The conservation committee should be focused on protecting the environment, one state representative says, adding: "This appears to be doing the opposite." -
Expansion of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act could have helped with care for people suffering after living near contaminated waterways and sites across Missouri. -
Nuclear waste stored outside St. Louis was found to pose a risk to nearby Coldwater Creek as early as 1949. The contaminated creek will finally have warning signs almost 75 years later. -
The legislation filed by Senate Majority Leader Cindy O’Laughlin was inspired by Evergy’s rollout of time-of-use pricing plans to its customers last summer, which included a plan that would have quadrupled customers’ charges for energy used at times of high demand. -
The company was given a choice by a federal court to either shut down the Rush Island Energy Center or add expensive pollution controls. -
Huge swaths of Missouri and Kansas have continued to be stuck in a months-long drought. -
Lakes and streams in August A. Busch Memorial Conservation Area were contaminated with uranium from refining efforts in Weldon Spring. -
The future of NexGen’s proposed Ste Genevieve County mine remains unclear after an appeals court ruling.
