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  A pair of recycling bins in Frisco show which items are and aren't allowed to be recycled. At a Frisco Town Council meeting April 13, members voiced a desire to encourage more residents to recycle as well as to reduce the prevalence of single-use items in town. Photo by Sawyer D'Argonne / sdargonne@gmail.com Frisco residents and businesses showed improvement in trying to become more sustainable and environmentally friendly last year, but more can always be done. That was the message from the High Country Conservation Center, which attended a virtual Frisco Town Council meeting April 13 for...

Photo by Arthur Balluff / High Country Conservation Center Despite the pandemic, High Country Conservation Center met some of its 2020 sustainability goals, such as enrolling businesses in its sustainability program and providing home energy assessments. The environmental nonprofit also focused efforts on recycling and water conservation, which were outlined along with other 2020 accomplishments at the Breckenridge Town Council meeting Jan. 26. Executive Director Jennifer Schenk said the center completed 15 Solarize Summit projects in Breckenridge last year. The program offers local residents...

Dear Eartha, I have a lot of good habits at home, but when it comes to greening operations at my small business, I don’t know where to start. Do you have any tips? If you’re like me, your home has become your office, complete with kids and dogs making cameos in video calls. But the good news is that regardless of where you work — home office, actual office, retail store, restaurant, etc. — it’s easy to apply the sustainability habits you have at home to your real life workplace. From simple fixes to more involved building retrofits, here are some ideas that will help your business i...

Mike. >> mike: casey stegall in dallas. thanks a lot. joining us now is acting homeland security secretary kevin mcaleenan. great to have you, thanks for coming in. president trump tweeted late today if illegal immigrants are unhappy with the conditions in the quickly-built or refitted detention centers, just tell them not to come, all problems solved. your thoughts, sir? >> we also tweeted about the opportunity for congress to solve this congress and the beginning. we asked 18 months ago for legislation that would close these loopholes and prevent of the crisis from happening in the first pla...