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Industry Permitted to Return to Lot that Held Shingle Mountain
One of the two lots that held Shingle Mountain has received a certificate of occupancy to bring industry back.
Local News
The City’s New Environmental Commission Will Not Be Working Quietly
The city’s new environmental commission gives residents a voice as Dallas engages in a climate action plan and seeks to further block concrete batch plants from operating near residential neighborhoods.
Home & Garden
This Year, Try Composting Your Christmas Tree
One local composting concierge service is offering curbside pickup all month long.
Good Public Transit
America Needs to Kick Its Car Dependency. Are Local Investments in Urban Design the Answer?
A BBC report details the U.S. automobile dependency’s outsized contribution to global warming and suggests a solution can be found in trusting cities to improve urban spaces.
Nature & Environment
Kevin Sloan To Be Honored With Park Naming
The preeminent landscape architect has left his fingerprints on many Dallas projects.
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Events
Autumn at the Arboretum Comes Alive This Weekend
The buzzy fall festival returns for its 16th year with a Bugtopia theme. Expect cooking classes, horticulture demos, petting zoos, and, of course, the iconic Pumpkin Village.
Nature & Environment
Great Shot of Micro Storm Over Downtown Dallas
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Local News
What Dallas Can Do in the Fight Against Climate Change
A Q&A with an organizer from Sunrise Movement Dallas, part of a youth-led movement pushing elected officials to adopt stronger environmental policies.
Nature & Environment
Dallas’ Bright Lights Are Killing Migrating Birds
Light pollution is bad for the environment and bad for people. But it's really, really bad for the hundreds of millions of birds that fly overhead in the spring and fall.
Local Government
Dallas Quietly Made a Massive Park Acquisition Yesterday
The city approved the purchase of 120-acres of old growth forest in a part of Dallas in desperate need of public green space.