Environment & Nature

Following a surge of funds from the May bond election, Fort Worth’s open space conservation program is making moves to preserve land throughout the city.

Sometime today, the global population is forecast to hit 8 billion. The U.N. calls it a milestone for humanity, made possible by advances in public health and medicine. But there are also challenges.

The online tool tracks power plants, oil refineries, large ships and other sources of greenhouse gases. Gore plans to expand the tracker to observe every major source of emissions.

Downtowns are deserted, hospitals are closing, teachers are leaving. Every part of life in rural Texas is harder — but it’s worth saving.

The performance piece is called "The Way of the Rain - Hope for the Earth," and it's getting its North American premiere in Dallas on Saturday. Redford's wife, Sibylle Szaggars Redford and a team of collaborators created the show.

Three years ago, Texas Parks and Wildlife was struggling to pay for necessary maintenance at its 140-plus state parks, historic sites and wildlife management areas. The idea of quickly transforming undeveloped properties into state parks, much less acquiring more land for conservation, seemed unfathomable.

DFW residents are seeing a green caterpillar infestation eat away at the leaves of their trees, leaving behind a silky mess.

Zookeepers know exactly what it takes to help animals get through extreme weather in North Texas — from bone-chilling cold fronts, to torrential rains, to blazing temperatures.

Dallas residents allege that the City of Dallas allowed Black and brown residential neighborhoods to be zoned next to industrial pollutants and are requesting a federal investigation.

Dallas City Manager T.C. Broadnax has unveiled a proposed $4.5 billion city budget. He wants to hire and retain more police officers, lower property taxes, and focus on equity and environmental justice.

Janie Cisneros hits a bright blue and lime green paper maché piñata with — a white letters that read GAF. That's the name of the company that operates a 75-year-old factory operating next to her house on Singleton Boulevard in West Dallas. The piñata swings from side to side while mariachi music plays.

Texas closed most public oyster reefs for harvesting, dealing a blow to the fishing industry. "It's taken a big toll on me," says Johny Jurisich, whose family has worked in the business for decades.