Advocacy

Mighty Earth says runoff from Tyson Foods' facilities and suppliers has contributed to the largest Gulf of Mexico dead zone in history.

Oct. 11, 2017

Change may be coming to the top U.S. meat producer, at a location near you. Tyson Foods’ meats and poultry, familiar in kitchens across Texas, the U.S. and abroad, are enormous sellers – $36 billion in 2016. However, the environmental fallout from Tyson, its top competitors and their supply chains of feed growers and animal-raising operators is also gigantic – in Texas, as well as in the Cornbelt.

Days after approving an amended version of a House bill on tree regulations, the Senate voted to reverse itself late Monday night, rolling back two amendments that House Speaker Joe Straus had rejected.​ Photo by Shelby Knowles/Texas Tribune

Aug. 16, 2017

In an unusual move late Monday night, the Texas Senate voted to reverse itself on several amendments to a controversial tree-removal bill.

Aug. 8, 2017 

If local tree ordinances fall in the Texas Legislature, will anyone hear? So far, two weeks into the special session with two weeks to go, residents, cities and tree professionals are raising a hubbub over it. It’s a battle over local control and the tree protections in place in 110 Texas cities, by a city of Austin count. Three bills would revoke or restrict cities’ and counties’ rights to set rules for tree removal – SB 14, HB 70 and HB 7.

At the July 22 Senate hearing on Senate Bill 14, close to 150 witnesses showed up in opposition.    

A decade after the Academy award-winning film brought the concept of climate change into popular culture, the new film is slated for distribution in August.​ Courtesy of AnInconvenientSequel.com's Facebook page.

June 23, 2017

A powerful sequel to Al Gore’s climate change documentary An Inconvenient Truth will hit Dallas theaters Aug. 3. AMC Grapevine Mills and AMC North Park will debut the film locally, followed later in the week by The Magnolia and other theaters throughout the Metroplex.