Deadly Temperatures Haunt Workers
OMAHA – For the crew, building height and steep angles do not undermine them as much as the adverse weather that is hitting Omaha these days. Around three in the afternoon, the heat approaches 100 degrees. Up there on the roof after installing the felt paper, the temperature rises about 10 to 15 degrees.
Road to Omaha – Oral Roberts Golden Eagles
Omaha, NE – On today’s episode of “Road to Omaha,” KVNO’s Brandon McDermott spoke with Oral Roberts head coach Ryan Folmar.
Bemis Showcases Empathy in Next Show
Omaha, NE—The Bemis Center for Contemporary Art opens a new exhibition this week, All Together, Amongst Many: Reflections on Empathy. 20 multi-generational artists working across various media foster empathy in conversations about the environment and human rights.
Radon poisonings raise awareness
By Brandon McDermott
Omaha, NE – If you’ve bought a home in Eastern Nebraska or Western Iowa over the past 10 years, you’ve probably heard of Radon. The cancer causing gas can seep into a home through the soil under the house.
Read MoreWhere does Omaha stand after 15 years of EPA cleanup?
By Brandon McDermott
Omaha, NE – It’s been 15 years since the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) started clean-up work at the Omaha Lead Superfund Site. What caused the largest lead contamination site in U.S. History? KVNO takes a look at happened, the work still being done by the EPA and when it could be finished.
Read MoreWhy cutting the ethanol mandate won’t ruin the rural economy
By Grant Gerlock
Omaha, NE — The EPA wants to roll back the amount of ethanol mixed into the fuel supply for 2014. That has Nebraska farmers worried. Ethanol supporters warn if the EPA follows through, the rural economy will take the fall, but economists predict a soft landing.
Read MoreUp against blend wall, ethanol at a crossroads
By Grant Gerlock
Omaha, NE — A 2007 law requires fuel companies to add an increasing amount of ethanol to the fuel supply each year. But the EPA is breaking with that policy and suggesting a cut in the ethanol mandate. Some say it puts the future of renewable fuels in doubt.
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