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.
A Fort Worth group known as Bring Your Bag, Fort Worth is actively promoting reusable bag use. An information meeting will be held Jan. 27 at 5:30 pm in Fort Worth. Photos courtesy of Bring Your Own Bag, Fort Worth.
Jan. 27, 2015
Jan. 14, 2015
By Neena Satija
The Texas Tribune
It was an argument the state's top water planning officials had long avoided, over a huge lake that probably won't exist for decades — if ever.
Dallas' new bag fee law requires a five-cent fee on all single use bags. Courtesy of city of Dallas.
Jan, 12, 2014
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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Local activists urge North Texans to let their political representatives know that the Keystone XL pipeline is part of an unsustainable future of fossil fuels. Above, protestors hold up signs at Klyde Warren Park in Dallas during rush hour in February. Courtesy of Linda Cooke.
Nov. 19, 2014
The city of North Richland Hills is considering requiring a special use permit for solar solar installations on street-facing slopes of a resident’s roof as well as for ground mounted systems more than 500 square feet. Above, a home in Cedar Hill with solar panels on the street-facing side of home. Photos courtesy of the DFW Solar Home Tour.
Nov. 11, 2014
A gas well fracked in March sits less than 400 feet from a home in Denton, which just became Texas' first city to ban fracking. Photo courtesy of Cooper Neill/Texas Tribune.
Nov. 5, 2014
Texas Tribune
The Arlington Conservation Council hosts: "Solar Option: Obstacles and Opportunities,” for its annual Julia Burgen Lecture Series on Nov 5 at the Eunice Center in Arlington. Photos courtesy of the DFW Solar Home Tour. Above, the Westbrook home in Fairview.
Oct. 29, 2014
Here's a wrap-up of the two-day Earth, Wind and Fire Energy Summit hosted by the Dallas Sierra Club in Addison Oct. 4-5.
Oct. 8, 2014
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