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Spring is around the corner and that means warmer temperatures and the beginning of ozone season on March 1st. It’s time to clear out the junk, plant a few flowers, and get ready for more sun. Here are some sustainable spring-cleaning tips, easy gardening ideas, and some important ozone season information to make getting ready for spring as easy as can be. What is Ozone Season? Ozone season occurs from March 1st to November 30th in North Texas. It’s when ground-level ozone is

Celebrating Leadership in Development Excellence (CLIDE) Awards Applications Open! The North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG) Center of Development Excellence is happy to announce the CLIDE Awards Application is open! The Celebrating Leadership in Development Excellence (CLIDE) Awards Program was created in 2003 to encourage innovative development projects and practices that will help accommodate this expected growth and ensure a sustainable North Texas for gener

Engine Off North Texas (EONT) is a regional initiative that focuses on reducing the impacts associated with the idling of heavy-duty vehicles. The North Central Texas Council of Governments updated and revitalized the initiative by developing new outreach and educational materials. Truck drivers can learn about strategies to reduce unnecessary idling, idle reduction technologies, and identify areas that have local idling restriction policies or ordinances. Local governments c

The DFW Clean Cities Annual Fleet Survey is here! North Texas Fleets are recognized by filling out the DFW Clean Cities Annual Survey to showcase their accomplishments over the past year. Fleets who fill out the survey can indicate what goals they would like to accomplish in the future and how DFW Clean Cities can help. Your fleet information is important in helping DFW Clean Cities reach a regional transportation energy reduction goal by beating last year’s reduction of 26 m

The North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG) will be reopening the call for applications from cities in the North Central Texas 12-county Metropolitan Planning Area to participate in a regional cohort to produce city-wide greenhouse gas emission (GHG) inventories. In partnership with the Regional Integration of Sustainability Efforts (RISE) Coalition, and with the generous contribution from Burlington-Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) railroad, NCTCOG is providing 20 cities