Dec. 7, 2015
Three and a half years ago, Corey Troiani was a recent University of North Texas grad, swept up in the controversy over hydraulic fracture drilling that was roiling Denton. Concerned over bigger inroads into the state posed by tar sands drilling and the Keystone XL pipeline then tunnelling through Texas, he and seven friends took action. They founded Tar Sands Blockade.
An estimated 150 demonstrators turned out in Dallas in 40-degree drizzly weather to show their support for action on climate change. Photos by Phillip Shinoda.
WATCH THE VIDEO, courtesy of Corey Troiani.
Nov. 30, 2015
More than 400,000 people turned out for the People's Climate March in New York City in September 2014.
Nov. 23, 2015
Proceeds from the Wine Wingding fundraiser on Nov. 17 in Dallas will support much-needed water conservation education in North Texas.
Nov. 10, 2015
Clean Water Fund proposes to turn wine into water next Tuesday. That hoped-for miracle at the nonprofit’s “Wine Wingding” fundraiser on Nov. 17 in East Dallas is more desirable than wine-lovers may think.
Lois Gibbs, who led the successful 1970s grassroots campaign against the toxic waste dump known as Love Canal, will be part of a three-day conference hosted by Downwinders at Risk Nov. 5-7.
Oct. 20, 2015
Oct. 16, 2015
(Dallas)—Two first-of-their-kind studies on Dallas-Fort Worth smog, released in tandem today, challenge the State’s assertions that dirty air has little public health impact on local residents, and new controls on major polluters won’t make a difference.
Above, Cabbage that could have ended up in the landfill was delivered to a charity with help from FoodSourceDFW, a sister program of GreenSourceDFW.org. Photos courtesy of FoodSourceDFW.
Oct. 12, 2015
Sept. 22, 2015
Today Pope Francis alights at a New York airbase and sets out on a six-day, three-city U.S. tour. He comes no closer to Dallas-Fort Worth than Philadelphia, but North Texans are enthusiastically commemorating the visit, and not only with open-air live webcasts of his Sunday afternoon Mass. For environmentalists and just plain folks with concerns for the health and safety of humans and other life on Earth amid pollution, resource depletion and climate change, his visit is momentous.
An empty trailer that once hauled big cats for the Shrine Circus was the backdrop for the announcement that Dallas-based Fun Time Shows will no longer include wild animals in its shows. Courtesy of PETA.
Sept. 8, 2015
The Dallas-based owner of Fun Time Shows, the largest Shrine circus producer in the country, announced last week that he’ll no longer produce shows featuring elephants, tigers, lions or other wild animals.
Recipients of the Sierra Club's Lone Star Chapter Awards gather for a group photo on Saturday in Addison. Photo courtesy of John MacFarlane.
July 22, 2015
North Texas environmentalists were among 19 honored by Sierra Club Saturday at Texas’ Lone Star Chapter’s awards. Sierra members from around the state gathered in Addison to acknowledge efforts statewide from both 2013 and 2014.