Olinka Green at the Southern Sector Rising press conference at Dallas City Hall on March 20. Photos courtesy of Olinka Green.
March 20, 2019
A former youth educator turned Dallas environmental activist is finding her voice.
Dallas Sierra Club activist Chris Guldi talks with General Russel Honoré, right, and Israel Anderson, a former EPA Region 6 associate director, while touring Joppa, a neighborhood in south Dallas overshadowed by industrial plants. Photos by Julie Thibodeaux.
Feb. 19, 2019
A general who became a national hero in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina came to Dallas last week to talk about fighting his new foe - polluters.
The Quality of Life Committee recommended an environmental plan to be presented for a vote Wednesday.
Jan. 23, 2019
Last week, Dallas’ long-anticipated climate action plan took a step forward. Today it took a flying leap into a greener future.
The former Lane Plating Works at 5322 Bonnie View Road in Dallas was declared a Superfund site in May. Photo courtesy of Googlemaps.
Jan. 15, 2019
Olinka Green’s broad, smiling face darkens to a frown, when the subject of the old Lane Plating plant in her southern Dallas neighborhood comes up.
Mistletoe is easiest to spot in winter. Photo courtesy of Preservation Tree Services.
You may have noticed it as the trees start to lose their leaves, when it’s more visible. Hidden during summer, the growths look like small, lime green shrubs with waxy white berries. It’s mistletoe, a reminder of Christmas, festive decorations and the quaint tradition of kissing unsuspecting bystanders.
Peggy Ploss's front yard in Addison is filled with fruits, vegetables and flowers - but not grass. Photos by Dave Hall.
Nov. 2, 2018
An edible landscape shelters the front of Peggy Ploss’s duplex in Addison, an upscale North Dallas suburb.
Plants are tucked under closely packed trees, vining skyward, filling raised beds, spreading underfoot, spilling down to the curb – on a street of manicured lawns and pruned shrubs.
There’s not a blade of lawn grass to be found.
The Sierra Club's Lone Star PAC supports state and local candidates on a nonpartisan basis. Photo by Julie Thibodeaux.
Oct. 26, 2018
The North Texas Clean Air Network was unanimously approved by Dallas City Council’s Quality of Life Committee to go to the full Council for consideration in December. Images courtesy of DFW ARC.
Oct. 3, 2018
Good news for North Texas lungs! Last week, a local consortium working for air monitoring won a victory.
The North Texas Clean Air Network was unanimously approved by Dallas City Council’s Quality of Life Committee to go to the full Council for consideration Dec. 12. QoL will brief Council on Dec. 5.
A coalition of local environmental activists pushed for the Climate Plan amendment to be included in the Dallas city budget. Courtesy of Rita Beving.
Sept. 26, 2018
Dallas City Council and mayor responded last week to environmentalists' push for a city climate action plan. The Council gave unanimous approval of the environmental initiative at the final City budget vote Sept. 18.
It was a 180-degree turn from past eras at City Hall.
Dallas City Council's Quality of Life committee passed an amendment to adopt a climate action plan on Monday. Photo by Storyblock.
Aug. 28, 2018
On Monday, the city of Dallas set in motion the process for creating a climate action plan with the approval of a budget amendment by the Council’s Quality of Life Committee.
Calls for an environmental plan that includes a climate action plan had been raised by environmentalists at City Council town hall meetings held during the month of August.