Robert W. Haley, M.D. will present a program on climate change and our health. Dr. Haley is Professor of Internal Medicine and Director of the Division of Epidemiology in the Internal Medicine Department at UT Southwestern Medical Center and holder of the U.S. Armed Forces Veterans Distinguished Chair for Medical Research Honoring America's Gulf War Veterans.
Monthly gathering of DFW environmental groups and activists to share information on local issues.
Topics to be discusssed:
A) Sat., July 28 -Learn about electric bus field trip
B) Wed., Aug. 1 - Want to know what Dallas Resiliency Plan is about and some of the environmental projects within in? Come to this briefing.
C) Wed., Aug. 14 - Council Vote on the Resiliency Plan.
D) Your Announcements/Political Happenings - Susan Cooper and others are welcome to make them for your favorite candidate.
The city of Fort Worth is drafting an Environmental Master Plan with long range strategies to guide the city's environmental programs and services. Join the series of community conversations 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m..
These topics will be discussed:
May 21, 2018 – Litter Management & Control
May 24, 2018 – Hazardous Materials
May 29, 2018 – Water Quality
May 30, 2018 – Land Quality, Site Reclamation & Brownfields
May 31, 2018 – Air Quality
Food, drink and program highlighting the cultural and historical significance of Joppa as well as celebrating our determined effort to preserve and revitalize it. Spoken word artist Rage Almighty is emcee.
$25.
Sponsorships are available for $500, 250 and $100 levels.
A public hearing is being held regarding a SUP for zoning changes that would allow an additional batch plant and asphalt plant to be located in Joppa (residents prefer Joppee) - an area landlocked by industry with the Trinity on its other boundary. The issue will come up no earlier than 1 p.m.
Both the Dallas Sierra Club and Public Citizen have been on the forefront of this issue, meeting and talking with Councilman Kevin Felder. Both groups attended his most recent town hall meeting where residents voted NOT to have these plants in their area due to pollution.
Protect the air in historic Joppa, nearby Oak Cliff neighborhoods and Great Trinity Forest. Call or write your Dallas City Council member and Mayor Rawlins. A community meeting at St. Luke Community United Methodist Church, 6-8 on Thursday, March 22, will present information about the proposed zoning change and concrete batch plants. Here are some talking points about the zoning change requested by Union Pacific, to be considered in the March 28 meeting of Dallas City Council.
Walk through historic Joppa neighborhood to pass out fliers, encourage residents to attend community meeting on March 22, at St. Luke Community United Methodist Church, and City Hall Council Meeting on March 28, about 2 pm. These three dates are part of a campaign to prevent permitting of two new concrete batch plants next to this historic black community. The neighborhood already suffers from having an asphalt batch plant next door. Write to your Dallas city council person to say that Joppa suffers enough already.
Time TBA
Downwinders' No Safe Level PM Campaign Committee will be sharing their proposal for a sustainable bus system to the regular meeting of the North Texas Transit Riders. Buses are a major source of PM 2.5 pollution, even when they're powered by natural gas. Come hear about our "Green Streets" campaign to electrify DART and protect riders on the ground. Free and open to the public.
The purpose of this symposium is to educate and bring awareness to the impacts of climate change in North Texas and discuss how we, as North Texans, can address and mitigate those impacts. Speakers include Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson, who will be giving the Introduction, State Climatologist Dr.
Citizens' Climate Lobby is a non-profit, non-partisan, grassroots advocacy organization focused on national policies to address climate change.
Info: Paula Luna, thelunas@prodigy.net