By Julie Thibodeaux
The Air Out There - The quest for clean air in DFW
July 5, 2012
As Dallas-Fort Worth braces for the long hot summer, ozone alert days are also popping into the forecast. Those are days when ozone levels are expected to rise to unhealthy levels as designated by Environmental Protection Agency standards.
Group supports women in environmental fields
June 19, 2012
They’re women who specialize in sustainable businesses -- everything from recycling to environmental science to green marketing. They’re entrepreneurs, city employees and job seekers. Together they make up the Dallas-Fort Worth group known as Women in the Environment.
Community groups force Exide plant closure in Frisco
The sign of a member of Frisco Unleaded, a community group formed in Frisco to combat the Exide lead smelter in that city)
June 6, 2012
When Shiby Mathew and her family moved to Frisco in 2008, they didn’t know that one of their neighbors would be a lead smelter.
Fewer frogs found in North Texas
(Photo: A Woodhouse Toad, once abundant in Dallas County, now the subject of envrionmental conservation efforts. Courtesy of Carl Franklin.)
May 30, 2012
From Six Flags to Rangers Ballpark, area attractions go green
(Photo: Members of The Texas Ranger's 'Green Team')
May 25, 2012
The Texas Rangers want to make recycling as American as baseball and apple pie.
Bluebird population booms in Fort Worth
April 17, 2012
Photo courtesy of Jim Marshall.
Earth Day Dallas to be largest Earth Day fest in DFW
April 2, 2012
Famed author from Fort Worth shares eco lessons
March 6, 2012
If you’ve ever finished reading an article about the environment and said to yourself, “I feel like I should do something but it seems hopeless,” this is a book for you. Frances Moore Lappé, author of Eco-Mind, knows what it’s like to feel despair when it comes to environmental issues.
Awards put DFW Environmental businesses, volunteers and environmental leaders in the spotlight
(Photo: Winners of the first annual Green Source DFW Environmental Leadership Awards. From left to right, Grier Raggio, Josephine Keeney, Bonnie Bradshaw, and Jim Schermbeck with Downwinders at Risk)
Feb. 29, 2012
Texas Green Chamber aims to spur new economy
(Photo: Greg Vaughn, one of the minds behind the new Texas Green Chamber)
After Russell Autry and his firm helped launch the New Mexico Green Chamber of Commerce in 2010, a member of its board of directors issued a challenge: Why don’t you do the same thing in Texas?
Local co-op offers venue to conduct ‘green’ business
Feb. 20, 2012
A new venue geared to green businesses and organizations is opening its doors next week.
The Dallas Eco-op will debut when it hosts the Green Source DFW Environmental Leadership Awards on Feb. 28, sponsored by the Memnosyne Foundation.
Land trusts aim to preserve Texas landscape
Oak Cliff Nature Preserve in Dallas is overseen by the Texas Land Conservancy. Courtesy of Texas Land Conservancy,
Jan. 27, 2012
We’ve all got an urban sprawl story. For years, you’ve driven by a picturesque pasture or stand of trees, only to find it gone one day, replaced by a row of houses or a shopping center. Yet as development continues to threaten native landscapes, land conservation is gaining momentum across the U.S.