May 1, 2023 Article Link - Click Here With the May 6 charter election just around the corner, rhetoric is heating up on both sides of the debate around the El Paso Climate Charter,...
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News & Press – Eco El Paso
Eco El Paso will share various press releases, news, grants, awards, and updates throughout the year.
ETX View – Let The Sunshine In
April 27, 2023 Article Link - Click Here Let the Sunshine In: Cleaning Up After the El Paso Chamber's Misinformation Campaign EL PASO, Texas, April 12, 2023 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR...
Earth Day 2023 presented by Eco El Paso & El Paso County Parks & Recreation
Friday, April 28, 2023 Article Link - Click Here Earth Day is a celebration of the earth and our environment. It is a historical event that takes place every year. On Earth Day, we will...
See photos of the 53rd Anniversary of Earth Day celebration at Ascarate Park
Saturday, April 22, 2023 Article Link - Click Here See photos of the 53rd Anniversary of Earth Day celebration at Ascarate Park. Thank you to El Paso Times for taking the pictures and...
53rd Anniversary of Earth Day celebration held at Ascarte Park
Saturday, April 22, 2023 Article Link - Click Here EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — The El Paso County Parks and Recreation Department teamed up with Eco El Paso to celebrate Earth Day in...
What to know about Earth Day 2023 events in El Paso, Las Cruces
April 21, 2023 Article Link - Click Here El Paso County plans tree planting, screening of 'The Lorax' for Earth Day The El Paso County Parks & Recreation Department is partnering with...
Earth Day events lead things to do in El Paso
April 21, 2023 Article Link - Click Here Earth Day events abound this weekend and later in the week in El Paso, from enjoying pretty flower arrangements and learning about the environment to...
El Paso Locomotive FC to Recognize Local Environmental Nonprofits for Earth Day
April 20, 2023 Article Link - Click Here EL PASO, Texas – El Paso Locomotive FC will honor three local, environmental nonprofits for Earth Day, which will take place throughout the...
Locomotive FC to honor 3 environmental non-profits at Earth Day soccer game
April 19, 2023 Article Link - Click Here EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — El Paso Locomotive FC will be recognizing three environmental non-profits for their services to the Borderland in honor of Earth...
Earth Day 2023 event to be held at Ascarate Park
April 19, 2023 Article Link - Click Here EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — There will be an Earth Day event on Saturday to celebrate Earth Day 2023. The El Paso County Parks & Recreation...
El Paso climate charter campaign entering the home stretch
April 19, 2023 Article Link - Click Here Early voting begins April 24 in El Paso, Texas, where environmentalist and climate-justice activists have placed a proposal on the ballot that could...
Palestine Herald-Press: Let the Sunshine In
April 12, 2023 Article Link - Click Here EL PASO, Texas, April 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Eco El Paso supports Prop K – El Paso Climate Charter. For the first time in El Paso's history, the...
Hágase la luz: limpieza tras la campaña de desinformación de la Cámara de El Paso
April 13, 2023 Article Link - Click Here EL PASO, Texas, 13 de abril de 2023 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Eco El Paso apoya a Prop K – El Paso Climate Charter. Por...
Prop K will bring jobs, research and revenue to El Paso: Laurie Marshall
Article Link - Click Here Thank you, Dawn Buckingham, Texas Land Commissioner, for your opinion piece against the climate charter. I want to express my gratitude to the electric...
The Herald Journal – Let the Sunshine In
April 13, 2023 The Herald Journal - Article Link EL PASO, Texas, April 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Eco El Paso supports Prop K – El Paso Climate Charter. For the first time...
KXAN News Austin – Let The Sunshine In
April 12, 2023 Article Link - Click Here EL PASO, Texas, April 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Eco El Paso supports Prop K – El Paso Climate Charter. For the first time in El...
Yahoo Finance – Let the Sunshine In: Cleaning Up After the El Paso Chamber’s Misinformation Campaign
April 12, 2023 Yahoo Finance - Article Link EL PASO, Texas, April 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Eco El Paso supports Prop K – El Paso Climate Charter. For the first time...
Let the Sunshine In: Cleaning Up After the El Paso Chamber’s Misinformation Campaign
April 12, 2023 Article Link - Click Here EL PASO, Texas, April 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Eco El Paso supports Prop K – El Paso Climate Charter. For the first time in El...
El Paso utility companies warn of potential cost to climate charter
Monday, March 27, 2023 Article Link - CLICK HERE However, Eco El Paso a non-profit focused on sustainability in El Paso and the surrounding region said that the charter is not meant to...
Bowie High School takes part in effort to plant a million trees in El Paso
Sunday, March 5, 2023 Bowie was one of six site locations listed in the grant. The Million Trees program aims to plant at least one million trees and restore the "tree canopy cover", which is the...
Narrowing the Solar Equity Gap through Solarize
February 16, 2023 Residential solar has grown tremendously over the past decade, increasing from an installed capacity of just 1.4 GW in 2012 to 23.2 GW in 2021. Solar is also becoming...
Eco-Fascism, Uncovered
El Paso, Texas, witnessed the first violent outburst of US eco-fascism—and is also a living rebuttal to the hateful ideology Excerpt: Like other cities in the Southwest, El Paso is deep in a...
New infrastructure plan in Texas means more charging stations for electric vehicles
October 22, 2022 With the promise of more EV chargers in the Borderland and across Texas, ECO El Paso Secretary Joshua Simmons says those who were hesitant about purchasing an electric vehicle or...
Sun City Solar Power: What you need to know about converting all that sunshine into electricity
May 22, 2022 "We are either going to rent our energy for the rest of our lives from the utility or go solar and own it," said Shelby Ruff, board president of the non-profit Eco El Paso and former...
Ascarate Park to receive donation of 90 trees
May 10, 2022 Ascarate Park will be receiving 90 trees that will be planted at the park, the El Paso County Parks and Recreation Department announced. The generous donation will be received from two...
Going Solar in El Paso Explained
May 1, 2022 Partnering on the co-op are Eco El Paso and Sunrise El Paso as well as Rocky Mountain Institute. The solar co-op is made possible by funding from the Leon Lowenstein...
On the fence about solar? New cooperative launches to help El Pasoans make the transition
April 28, 2022 El Paso residents can now join a cooperative to benefit from reduced costs to install solar panels on their homes or business. While El Paso has exceptional capacity for solar power,...
Million Trees El Paso – Thomas Manor Neighborhood
April 9, 2021 Members of Eco El Paso recently got their hands dirty planting trees in the Thomas Manor neighborhood in the Lower Valley. The nonprofit organization, which focuses on sustainability...
Eco El Paso to plant trees in Lower Valley neighborhood
March 12, 2021 Article Link - El Paso Inc. - http://www.elpasoinc.com/lifestyle/eco-el-paso-to-plant-trees-in-lower-valley-neighborhood/article_2201df8c-834b-11eb-bedd-7f689af6e780.html ...
Eco El Paso to host first event of 2021: Tree Planting at Playa Drain Trail
March 9, 2021 On Thursday, March 25th at 10am MST, Eco El Paso will meet at the Paso Del Norte Trail at the Manny Martinez Drive trailhead, volunteers and organizers alike with gather to plant...
Coalition opposed to Newman 6 asks El Paso City Councilors to use their power to hold EPE accountable
December 8, 2020 COALITION: Border Peace Presence * Chaparral Parents in Action * Chicas De Chuco * Columban Mission Center * Community First Coalition * Earthworks * Eco El Paso * El...
Eco El Paso’s 13th Annual Conference highlighted by Virtual Speaker Series
October 2020 Check out the article about our 13th Annual Conference - Virtual Speaker Series - in 2020. We met virtually for the first time ever due to the Covid pandemic. Read More - El Paso...
Texas Solar Energy Society – New West Texas Chapter under Eco El Paso
September 2020 THE TEXAS SOLAR ENERGY SOCIETY WELCOMES ECO EL PASO AS A NEW WEST TEXAS CHAPTER Press Release Link The Texas Solar Energy Society (TXSES) today announced the addition of Eco El Paso...
2020 AARP Community Challenge Grantee
April 2020 ECO EL PASO HAS BEEN SELECTED AS A 2020 AARP COMMUNITY CHALLENGE GRANTEE! Press Release Link Eco El Paso, a 501(c)3 nonprofit based in El Paso, Texas, is thrilled to announce we have been...
Eco El Paso is Proud to Host El Paso’s 1st National Drive Electric Festival
August 30, 2019 Click Here - News Article Eco El Paso is proud to host El Paso's 1st National Drive Electric Festival 2019 on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2019, from 9 a.m....