The Dallas chapter of Code Pink was one of a dozen regional organizations represented at the #ExxonKnew rally held in May. Photo courtesy of Linda Cooke.

Dec. 28, 2016

While the year ended with a fossil fuel-loving president-elect and cabinet waiting to take office and threatening to rollback environmental progress, locally there was much to rejoice about in 2016. For North Texas, the year was packed with pioneering achievements from local activists, entrepreneurs and other greenies. Here's a look back at some of the Green Source DFW headlines from 2016:

JANUARY


North Texans blast state's contested clean air plan
 

By JULIE RYAN

 

 

FEBRUARY


Big Spring in Dallas on its way to historic landmark designation
 

By JULIE RYAN

 

 


Solar panels power moon at Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth

By JULIE THIBODEAUX

 

 

 

 

Mudhen at Dallas Farmers Market gives veggie lovers something to crow about

By RITA COOK 

 

 

 


Austin-based TreeHouse to bring premium green home improvement products to Dallas

By BARBARA KESSLER 

 

 

 

MARCH 


Former Dallas Cowboy David Carter to keynote at Black Vegetarian Society 'Meatout'

By RITA COOK

 

 

 


Earth Day Texas to award $25,000 to best sustainability projects with Earth Tank Prize

By RITA COOK

 

 


 


Drilling lease cancelled at Lake Lewisville

By JULIE RYAN

 

 

 


Documentary sheds light on Dallas ecopreneur's therapeutic friendship with dog

By JULIE THIBODEAUX

 

 

 


Texas Smartscape Plant Sales kickoff March 19

By JULIE THIBODEAUX

 

 

 

APRIL


Top biologists crawl Tandy Hills at biggest BioBlitz ever held in North Texas

By JULIE THIBODEAUX

 

 

 


Earth Day Texas attracts big name speakers, innovators

By RITA COOK

 

 

 

MAY 


Rangers ballpark celebrates new plant-based fare with Vegan Day 

By ELAINE ROGERS 

 

 

 


DFW CAN wins Dallas County Commissioners' support for clean air action

By JULIE RYAN

 

 

 


Flower Mound resident documents solar growth spurt in North Texas

By BARBARA KESSLER

 

 

 


Dallas touts 'wildflower power' with pollinator conservation program

By MONICA JOHNSON

 

 

 


#ExxonKnew protest puts Dallas activists in national spotlight 

By JULIE RYAN

 

 

 


Local expert tailors free solar classes to professionals in related fields 

By BARBARA KESSLER 

 

 

 

JUNE


International innovators to share green savvy at UNT rural sustainability conference 

By JULIE RYAN

 

 

 


Drive Green: Tesla expanding its presence in North Texas

By RITA COOK 

 

 

 

 

Frisco teen grows garden box business from the ground up 

By MONICA JOHNSON

 

 

 


Federal agency partnering with BRIT on eco-friendly landscaping guide

By MINNIE PAYNE 

 

 

 


Dallas City Council backs air quality resolution sponsored by DFW CAN

By JULIE RYAN 

 

 

 


Lon Burnam behind relaunch of Tarrant County environmental group

By JULIE THIBODEAUX

 

 

 


North Texas Wild: Columnist takes rollicking tour of iconic Northeast Texas prairies

An epic prairie tale 

By AMY MARTIN

 

 

JULY


Two Dallas vets find peace, profit in urban farming

By MONICA JOHNSON

 

 

 


Does Toyota's massive rooftop solar signal dawn of new sun-powered era in North Texas?

By BARBARA KESSLER

 

 

 


Dallas coworking community hosts business accelerator for socially-minded entrepreneurs

By MINNIE PAYNE

 

 

 

 

 


North Texas activist weighs in on concrete industry's efforts to go green at Euro conference

By JULIE RYAN

 

 

 

 

Water conference to address supply challenges, solutions for North Texans

By JULIE RYAN

 

 

 

 

Native Plant Society of Texas to plant monarch waystations on I-35 in October

By JULIE RYAN

 

 

 

Compost Happens: Fort Worth conductor turns zero waste pilot program into green business  

By JULIE THIBODEAUX 

 

 

 

 

 

Green coworking space to open in downtown Dallas in 2017

By JULIE THIBODEAUX 

 

 

 

 

Dallas-based Half Price Books owner crowing about new eco-friendly retail venture

By BARBARA KESSLER 

 


 

 

North Texas green stars celebrated at fifth annual Green Source DFW Sustainable Leadership Awards

By JULIE THIBODEAUX

 

 

 


Local watchdog group recruiting students for community organizing school

By MARSHALL HINSLEY 

 

 

 

 

Dallas nonprofit to plant 1,000 trees one year after DFW tornado

By RITA COOK 

 

 

 


North Texas watchdogs partner with academics, cities to step up air quality monitoring 

By BARBARA KESSLER 

 

 

 


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