Environment

A new study from the University of North Texas has found that extreme heat alters Texans’ behavior.

A Texas concrete company wants to open a plant in McKinney near a soccer park, a nature sanctuary, and a facility that houses adults with special needs. The Dallas Sierra Club and residents in the area plan to oppose the plant at a public hearing Monday night in front of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

Since 2020, Arlington residents have been fighting against a French energy conglomerate that wants to install three additional gas wells near a daycare center. That fight will come to a head at a special-called meeting tonight.

Three new gas wells near an Arlington daycare center are expected to be operational early next year.

Parents in Arlington are up against a French energy company that wants to frack near their children’s school. Tonight, the fight goes to City Council.

Early Friday morning, North Texans can catch a glimpse of the Beaver Moon, the longest partial lunar eclipse in nearly six centuries.

A small, impoverished community in southeastern Dallas County has fought for years to get clean water.

In an anonymously filed ethics complaint, Council member Tennell Atkins, a project manager and a program manager are accused of wasting $20,000 of city property and resources on the Singing Hills Recreation Center.

These fish are massive. Silver carp can reach approximately 3 feet in length and can weigh nearly 60 pounds. Bighead carp can be up to 4 and a half feet long and weigh nearly 90 pounds. Now, they’re in Texas waters.

The project is planned for the main stem of the Sulphur River in Red River and Titus counties and would have significant negative effects on the local economy. On the flip side, DFW would have another water source to prevent its potentially dry future.

This week, U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert asked whether land agencies can change the orbit of the Earth or moon to fix climate change.

At the time it was announced, Adam Bazaldua, Joppa’s city council member, applauded Downwinders and Joppa resident Temeckia Durrough for helping make the project happen. Now, Durrough said she feels she and another community member are being excluded from the project.

Paul Quinn College’s Urban Research Initiative made that data a lot easier to read and a lot more accessible with a tool mapping out polluters in North Texas counties.

West Dallasites are taking the opportunity to finally share their concerns about one plant’s pollution.

Expect to breathe in some dusty, African air when you step outside this weekend. A Saharan dust plume is traveling more than 7,000 miles to touch down in Dallas. The cloud is a bone dry, dusty mass of air that forms over the Sahara Desert in North Africa, said Juan…

Protesters lined the steps of the Hall of State in Fair Park on Tuesday, holding a banner in front of attendees of the morning’s climate symposium: “This is not enough.” It was in response to Dallas’ climate plan, which was released in draft form last month and is to be adopted…

Last week, Dallas published the first draft of its plan to address climate change. The 139-page document, produced by a consulting firm in consultation with dozens of local advocacy groups, governmental agencies and businesses, provides a road map for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and lessening the impact of climate change…

The Environmental Protection Agency has promised to test soil in neighborhoods bordering a southern Dallas Superfund site in an effort to address community concerns about the presence of heavy metals. The announcement came at a community meeting Thursday, when the EPA presented the results of an initial report showing heightened…

A soft drink manufacturers lobbying group announced a new initiative last week that will promote the recycling of plastic bottles, helping to alleviate a pollution problem the manufacturers themselves helped create. For the American Beverage Association’s Every Bottle Back initiative, the Coca-Cola Company, Keurig Dr Pepper and PepsiCo will work…

Last year Texas generated more energy from renewable sources than from coal, according to data from the Electronic Reliability Council of Texas.

The headline was jarring: “Trump has veered dangerously from the conservative legacy of protecting our air, water and natural resources.” Conservative legacy? Veered? I must have missed something. I read the rest carefully. Trammell S. Crow, a wealthy environmental and education philanthropist who lives in Dallas, said in an op-ed…

Going green just got a little bit easier for Dallas residents. This week, a non-profit dedicated to helping homeowners convert to solar electricity launched a Dallas operation.