The U.S. Bureau of Land Management, the agency that handles drilling rights on public lands, was considering allowing fracking on the northwest side of Lake Lewisville. Photo courtesy of DFW NBC5.
March 11, 2016
Those who feared that Lake Lewisville would be fracked have reason to celebrate.
In mid-February, EPA replied to TCEQ’s twice-submitted plan, this won’t work. Photo of Luminant's Big Brown coal-fired plant in Freestone County, one of three plants considered to be the single largest source of ozone-producing emissions in North Texas.
March 4, 2016
The self-titled “300-Pound Vegan” will share his journey into a plant-based lifestyle March 19 in DeSoto.
March 1, 2016
Is it possible to be a play on a pro football team with its high physical demands and be a vegan at the same time? Just ask 300-pound former Dallas Cowboy defensive tackle David Carter.
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management, the agency that handles drilling rights on public lands, wants to allow fracking on the northwest side of Lake Lewisville. Photos courtesy of DFW NBC5.
Feb. 22, 2016
Around 100 people filled the TCEQ public hearing in Arlington last week to let the agency know they're not happy with its clean air plan. Photo by Julie Thibodeaux.
Jan. 26, 2016
Environmental reporter Randy Lee Loftis retired from the Dallas Morning News in September but he's still covering the environmental beat.
Jan. 12, 2016
After 26 years as environmental reporter for the Dallas Morning News, Randy Lee Loftis starts the new year on the wing. Rumors of his retirement are greatly exaggerated, to paraphrase Mark Twain’s famous retort to reports of his own demise.
“Retirement? I’m too young for that!” says Loftis.
A Public Hearing About the Air You Breath
Thursday, January 21
Public Comment begins at 6:30 pm
616 Six Flags Road, Arlington
(HQ of the North Central Texas Council of Governments)
Jan. 8, 2016
It's a public hearing on DFW's bad air. The whole region.
Longtime State House Representative Lon Burnam of Fort Worth recently announced he is running for one of three seats on Texas’ Railroad Commission. Photos courtesy of Facebook.com/repburnam
Jan. 5, 2016
Anna Clark was among North Texans who traveled to Paris to participate in environmental events surrounding COP 21.
Dec. 16, 2015