Julie Thibodeaux

There's plenty of Texas lore to read in The Texas Landscape Project: Nature and People but environmentalists, Texas history buffs and geography lovers alike will enjoy just perusing its maps, aerial views and historic photos. The richly illustrated 500-page environmental history atlas was published by Texas A&M University Press in June.

Last Tuesday, the Allen City Council unanimously voted to keep its restriction prohibiting solar panels on the front of homes. City council members cited concerns about aesthetics and fear that trees would be cut to make way for solar panels as reasons for prohibiting street-facing solar.

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Dressed as suffragettes and bees, supporters of Moms Across America built a float for the Arlington 4th of July Parade to raise awareness of MAAM's campaign to label GMOs and eliminate toxic pesticide residues from the environment.

Former Fort Worth state representative Lon Burnam is reviving the Tarrant Coalition for Environmental Awareness, initially founded by his parents in the 1980s. The group, now led by Joan Meeks, seeks to unify environmental activists and address pressing local issues like nuclear waste transit and air pollution.

We recently went through our list of North Texas Farmers Markets and here are the survivors of the pandemic. While some are only open during the warm months, others like the Dallas Farmers Market are open year round. Check websites for hours, season and location.

Feral hogs are the animal outlaws of Texas. The nonnative animals were introduced by early settlers. Domesticated pigs were released or escaped and became feral over the generations. Today an estimated 1.5 million feral pigs roam throughout much of the state.

Runners break out of the starting gate at the Green Source DFW Run for the Environment on May 21, 2016 at Bachman Lake Park. Photos by Karl Thibodeaux. See slide show on link below.

Join Green Source DFW for the second annual Run for the Environment - a Race to Save the Planet on May 21 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Bachman Lake Park, 3500 W Northwest Hwy in Dallas. The top runner receives a gift card to Snappy Salads.

Commodity Recycling SolutionsGo through your closet and gather up your old shoes – you'll have the opportunity to recycle them at the Green Source DFW Run for the Environment on May 21 at Bachman Lake Park in Dallas. You'll be supporting Green Source DFW, which will be paid for every pound of shoes donated.

Green Source DFW columnist Amy Martin recently published a book on poison ivy called Itchy Business. In this interview, Martin talks about the plant that inspired her to write the book and what she learned over the years from coping with it.

In addition, to collecting shoes for recycling, Commodity Recycling Solutions will be accepting electronic waste for recycling at the Green Source DFW Run for the Environment on May 21 at Bachman Lake Park. The items will be processed in their warehouse and sorted primarily into metals and plastics.