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Dallas Looks at How to Produce Less Trash
New York Times: If J. R. Ewing can quit smoking and promote solar energy, anything is possible in Dallas, environmental advocates say, even an ambitious plan to have the city recycling nearly all of its garbage by 2040.
Dallas council approves controversial trash plan, calls for more public input
Dallas Morning News: A master plan for garbage that some critics wanted to see tossed in the trash got unanimous approval from the Dallas City Council on Wednesday, but not before it was changed to satisfy concerns about a lack of public input.
Recycling plan needs vigorous reworking
Dallas Morning News Op-Ed: While it’s exciting to see Dallas offer such a bold plan, a look at the fine print shows that it needs important changes before being adopted.
Texas Campaign for the Environment visits El Paso
KTSM News El Paso: In El Paso, many of us already recycle cans, paper and plastic, but the Texas Campaign for the Environment says we can do even better.
Plans to expand Camelot Landfill near Trinity River face opposition
Dallas Morning News: The proposed expansion has generated questions and some anger among environmentalists, who worry about the protective barrier, or liner, between the garbage and the soil.
Community Groups Make their Voices Heard in Forcing Exide Plant Closure in Frisco
GreenSource DFW: This week Frisco residents were celebrating after a city announcement that Exide would cease operations by the end of the year.
Interfaith Coalition Urges Walmart to “Take It Back”
Triple Pundit: While commending Walmart for its sustainability efforts that the company has ramped up since 2005, the reverends, priests, rabbis, imams and activists from churches and activist organizations demand that Walmart do even more.
Environmentalists wary of potential natural-gas drilling plans in Dallas
Dallas Morning News: The inclusion of park land and environmentally sensitive flood plains in potential drilling plans has set up another round in a two-year fight over how tough the city will be on gas drilling.
Austin City Council approves March 2013 single-use bag ban
Community Impact: The Austin City Council unanimously passed a bag ban ordinance March 1 on both paper and plastic bags beginning in March 2013.
City forms 30-year plan to get Austin to ‘zero waste’
Community Impact: City forms 30-year plan to get Austin to ‘zero waste.’
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