Residents are invited to attend the City of Arlington’s Urban Drilling Educational Forum.

In an effort to increase transparency, the Urban Drilling Educational Forum will provide attendees with information on the roles and responsibilities of the local and state regulating authorities in urban drilling.

Those in attendance will have the opportunity to listen to panelists, view presentations and ask questions about the regulation of urban drilling.

Representatives from the Texas Railroad Commission (RRC), the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) and the City of Arlington (COA) are scheduled to participate.

Guest speaker Ricky Bradley, the Regional Coordinator, Group Leader and Information Technology Director of the local office of Citizens Climate Lobby.  

The Cross Timbers Sierra Club leadership committee will also have an update on legislative items concerning fracking and other issues, an opportunity to help save sea turtles affected by the 2010 BP Gulf oil spill, and how you can donate recyclable items to Terra Cycle and help raise funds for the group.

Info: Co-chairpersons Brandon Morton at brandonmorton@gmail.com or Harrison Wicks at harrisonwicks@gmail.com, or the Communications and Membership Coordinator Brandi Price at brandireneeprice@gmail.com. 

FWLNA welcomes Zac Trahan, director of Texas Campaign for the Environment’s DFW office, to discuss local impacts of the recent Texas Legislature.

He will speak specifically on HB 40, legislation providing that the state has preemption authority over oil and gas regulations. The new law holds that current and proposed city and other  political subdivision ordinances that place regulations on oil and gas activities are only allowed if they are commercially reasonable.

There will also be an overview of the legislative session as a whole and its impact on cities and neighborhoods.

The Dallas Green Alliance, a green political action committee, is hosting a fundraiser. The group is working to get two more environmentally friendly city council members elected.

Drinks, light snacks.

$30.

Martha Cavazos-Fipps, the city of McKinney's environmental coordinator, will speak about the city's environmental programs and we will watch "Can the Gulf Survive?" by National Geographic that details the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

Info: Brandi Price, brandirealemail@gmail.com or 469-247-6391.

The Cross Timbers Sierra Club,  which serves Collin, Denton, Fannin, and Grayson counties, hosts Sally Evans from the Blackland Prairie Chapter of the Texas Master Naturalists. 

Info: Brandi Price, brandirealemail@gmail.com.

Congratulate your new green Dallas City Council members Carolyn Arnold and Mark Clayton

Also….

Update on Southern Gateway I-35/Hwy67 Redo  A Citizens Task Force is actually making some progress 

Get Plugged into the Run-off 

District 3 – Joe Tave vs. Casey Thomas

District 7 – Keven Felder vs Tiffinni Young

District 8 - Diane Gibson vs. Erik Wilson

District 10 - Paul Reyes vs. Adam McGough

(Input from District 10 anti-toll road candidate James White)

Find out more about DGA’s joint fundraiser with the Sierra Club.

Topics include Texas Recycling Data Initiative, Product Stewardship and Texas bottle bill. 

Speakers include Maia Corbitt & Scott Pasternak; Debbie Branch, city of Fort Worth; and Mary Woods, Texas Clean Waters Group.

$25/STAR & NTCRA members; $35/nonmembers

For years Jeff Williams has been involved in numerous area projects. Of special interest to ACC members are his roles in the River Legacy Foundation and the Johnson Creek Corridor Plan. In Arlington environmental issues rarely figure into the races, so we really don't know how green our candidates are. Here's a chance to learn about matters that concern all of us. In the interest of fairness, we also invited Mayor Bob Cluck, but he had a schedule conflict and won't be able to attend. 

Have you committed a protest act of any kind against fracking in the Barnett Shale region? If so, you are invited to participate in the first (maybe only) group photo of Barnett Shale fractivist warriors. The event will take place during Prairie Fest. Gather under the Prairie Fest banner on the sidewalk near the street at 4 p.m. Come early and enjoy the fest. This event is sponsored by FWCANDO. 

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