Pleasant Grove resident is one-man litter patrol
June 10, 2015
Kenneth Winn's tricked-out litter patrol truck. Photos courtesy of Winn.
Clean Water
Dallas bag fee is repealed but a new city council may vote for a ban after runoff elections
On Wednesday, the Dallas City Council voted to repeal the city's bag fee ordinance after plastic bag manufacturers sued.
UPDATE June 14, 2015: Story has been updated below with election results.
June 5, 2015
On Wednesday, the local fight against plastic bags took a blow when the Dallas City Council voted 10-4 to repeal the Dallas bag fee that went into effect in January.
Texas Lege Roundup: 'Bad' environmental bills flood the statehouse
Sen. Troy Fraser led an attempt to gut a key wind program from the state’s renewable standards. Courtesy of Texas Tribune/Bob Daemmrich.
June 3, 2015
Texas Lege Finale – 'Hidden' amendment could rollback state's renewable energy standards
In this last week of the current Texas Legislature, it’s a complicated, tricksy end game to see if bills harmful to Texas air, water, clean energy and consumer choice will become law.
May 27, 2015
The 84th Texas Legislature resembles a giant, two-sided game of Whac-a-Mole. That old State Fair midway game where toy moles pop up madly out of holes all over the board, and you whack them down to win the prize.
Countdown on enviro bills in the Texas Lege - Two weeks left
This is second in a series of weekly updates on bills in the Texas Legislature that address environmental issues in the final weeks of the session.
May 19, 2015
Countdown on enviro bills in the Texas Lege - Three weeks to go
This is first in a series of weekly updates on bills in the Texas Legislature that address environmental issues in the final weeks of the session. Photos courtesy of the state of Texas.
May 12, 2015
Green Source DFW reporter tags along with Austin lobbyists for a day
Above, a group of lobbyists from the North Dallas Texas Democratic Women's group joined others from the statewide group at the state Capitol on April 14. Courtesy of North Dallas Texas Democratic Women.
April 22, 2015
Karenna Gore to address spiritual side of environmental justice at Earth Day Texas
Karenna Gore will be speaking at Earth Day Texas on Friday, April 24, at 5 pm. Her presentation is titled: 'Integrity and Earth: Honoring Our Roots While Enhancing Progress.'
April 15, 2015
Karenna Gore is director of the Center for Earth Ethics at Union Theological Seminary in New York City, and the eldest daughter of former Vice President Al Gore, a longtime environmental activist. She will be speaking at Earth Day Texas on Friday, April 24, at 5 p.m. Green Source DFW interviewed her via email:
Dallas Green Alliance endorses greener candidates for local political pond
Left, Marcos Ronquillo, the mayoral candidate endorsed by the Dallas Green Alliance, says of the Trinity Tollroad: "This plan has evolved into nothing more than a $1.5 billion boondoggle – a poorly conceived idea that gets drastically more expensive every time it is discussed.”
April 6, 2015