Julie Thibodeaux

North Texans environmentalists are cheering the news that two notorious Texas smog monsters are meeting their demise. On Friday, Luminant Energy announced closures of its two-unit Sandow Power Plant in Milam County and its two-unit Big Brown Power Plant in Freestone County.

We had a great turnout for the Green Source DFW Sustainable Leadership Awards Voting! Nearly 4,500 ballots were cast online. Now that the contest has been narrowed to the top three finalists in each category, a panel of judges selected from the North Texas green community will decide the final winners.

Back in 2014, UNT grad student and videographer Garrett Graham was following a local campaign to pass a fracking ban in Denton. As he filmed, he thought he’d hit on the ultimate feel-good environmental documentary. The ban was passed in November 2014 and the activists won.

Every year, the DFW Solar Tour, hosted by the North Texas Renewable Energy Group, has grown in size and scope. Plano Environmental Education CenterLast year’s tour tracked more than 600 visitors at 50 sites from Weatherford to Allen.

Every year, greenies gather to celebrate pioneering green leaders at the Green Source DFW Sustainable Leadership Awards. But this year's event, hosted by the Memnosyne Institute on Nov. 9 at the Dallas Arboretum, will be a virtual trip back in time.

On North Texas Giving Day, donations of $25 or more are enhanced with bonus dollars to support local environmental and animal welfare nonprofits. Participating groups include those addressing climate change solutions and promoting conservation, such as Texas Trees Foundation and Humane Society of North Texas.

North Texas environmentalists are joining a national day of action against Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners, the parent company of Dakota Access, LLC, which developed the controversial Dakota Access pipeline.

The solar eclipse inspired North Texans to engage in creative viewing methods like homemade pinhole projectors, solar glasses, and cereals boxes. Enthusiasts, like Amy Martin, traveled for totality, while others shared innovative viewing techniques, poetry, and experiences online, capturing the community's vibrant excitement and resourcefulness.

A local air quality watchdog group recently decried a Keep America Beautiful sponsored program to dispose of hard-to-recycle plastic by incineration and other lesser known alternatives to traditional recycling. hard-to-recycle plastic by incineration and other lesser known alternatives to traditional recycling. It’s called the Hefty EnergyBag program.

At the end of July, workers arrived unannounced and started marking a 150-foot clearing zone at the National Butterfly Center in South Texas, in preparation for Trump’s border wall. The 100-acre sanctuary, which provides habitat for more than 200 species of butterflies, including the monarch,

According to the Texas Historic Tree Coalition, HB 7, a bill that tree advocates say contains amendents that could devastate local tree protection, is scheduled to go to the Texas Senate floor today.

A Fort Worth musical theater group, Kids Who Care, addresses youth environmental concerns with "Earth and Soul," a reworked musical about kids' journey to save the planet. It runs July 27-30 at Scott Theater, covering topics like conservation and ocean plastics, aiming to inspire all ages to take action.