Winners of the 2015 Green Source DFW Sustainable Leadership Awards: Front row: From left, Memnosyne cofounder Mary Ann Thompson-Frenk, Joan Meeks of Commodity Recycling Solutions (Small Business), Green Source DFW project manager Phillip Shinoda.
The empty chairs represent the six open city council seats that the Dallas Green Alliance hopes to fill with environmentally conscious council members. Courtesy of the Dallas Green Alliance.
March 11, 2015
The SMU Environmental Society picked up trash during a "Hippy Hike" at Elm Fork Greenbelt last fall. Photos courtesy of the club.
March 2, 2015
By Rita Cook
Meghna Tare was hired in 2010 as the University of Texas at Arlington's first sustainability director. Photo courtesy of Meghna Tare.
Feb. 16, 2015
The Dallas tree canopy covers about 30 percent of the city's land area. About 37 percent of the canopy is located south of Interstate 30.
Feb. 11, 2015
Above, Dr. Pankaj Jain, the Venerable Tashi Nyima and Dr. Hind Jarrah, representing the Hindu, Buddhist and Muslim faiths, discussed the environment at the recent interfaith panel hosted by Dallas Interfaith Power & Light on Martin Luther King Day. Photo courtesy of Stephen Fuqua.
Feb. 3, 2015
Above, Swetha Kannan and Shawn Reeder will head up the Dallas and Fort Worth groups, while Ricky Bradley, right, serves as Third Coast Regional Coordinator. A Denton chapter launched earlier this month.
Jan. 28, 2015
Street facing solar panels in Cedar Hill. Courtesy of DFW Solar Home Tour.
Jan. 23, 2015
Solar proponents in North Richland Hills are pushing back against the city’s solar ordinance, calling it too restrictive.
By Julie Thibodeaux
Here's a look back at some of the top environmental stories in the Dallas-Fort Worth region in 2014.
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Mansfield Gas Well Awareness is a coalition of residents asking their city leaders to update Mansfield's outdated gas drilling ordinance to protect their health and quality of life.
Dec. 10, 2014
By Julie Thibodeaux
A group in Mansfield is the latest North Texas coalition fighting for protection from the dangers of gas drilling.