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Hip Hop eco-activist to headline DCCCD Sustainability Summit

North Texans can hear a fresh voice in the environmental movement when an activist from the Hip Hop Caucus shares his take on environmental justice in Dallas next week. Mustafa Santiago Ali will be the keynote speaker at the seventh annual Dallas County Community College District Sustainability Summit.

Snappy Salads hosting E-waste recycling blitz across DFW Saturday

If you’ve been hoarding old computers and discarded appliances you intended to recycle, this Saturday a local business is making it easy to drop off e-waste. Dallas-based Snappy Salads is hosting its free semi-annual electronic recycling collection at 12 of its stores.

Solar lights illuminate Oak Cliff church’s green side

The Unitarian Universalist Church of Oak Cliff installed four solar-powered lighting systems in their parking lot to align with their eco-friendly principles. This self-contained system is cost-effective, maintenance-free, and supports their commitment to environmental justice, serving as a model for sustainable practices.

Luminant Energy to close Big Brown and Sandow coal plants

North Texans environmentalists are cheering the news that two notorious Texas smog monsters are meeting their demise. On Friday, Luminant Energy announced closures of its two-unit Sandow Power Plant in Milam County and its two-unit Big Brown Power Plant in Freestone County.

Finalists announced for the 2017 Green Source DFW Sustainable Leadership Awards

We had a great turnout for the Green Source DFW Sustainable Leadership Awards Voting! Nearly 4,500 ballots were cast online. Now that the contest has been narrowed to the top three finalists in each category, a panel of judges selected from the North Texas green community will decide the final winners.

Clean water challenge to U.S. top meat producer comes to DFW

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.

Fall waterwise tours to showcase Texas-tough yards

Both Dallas and Plano are hosting waterwise landscaping tours in October. Above, a xeriscaped yard on Robin Meadow Drive in Dallas. Courtesy of the city of Dallas.

Oct. 10, 2017

Summer’s over and yards still thriving after weeks of 90 to 100 degree temperatures are true survivors.

That’s why it’s the best time of year to show off native and adapted plants that can stand up to the Texas heat.

Op Ed: Fort Worth's progressive recycling plan owed to local advocacy

Environmentalists pushed Fort Worth to adopt a more progressive solid waste​ plan says Texas Campaign for the Environment's DFW director Corey Troiani.

Oct. 4, 2017

Last month, Fort Worth City Council voted to approve the city's 20-year Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Plan. As a result of widespread citizen participation and advocacy, the final document included many more program and policy goals to reduce waste and increase recycling than originally planned.

'Don't Frack with Denton' premiers Saturday at Dallas Video Fest

Back in 2014, UNT grad student and videographer Garrett Graham was following a local campaign to pass a fracking ban in Denton. As he filmed, he thought he’d hit on the ultimate feel-good environmental documentary. The ban was passed in November 2014 and the activists won.