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| Tuesday, July 03, 2007 |
Green Crusader: Laura Miller
From our July/August 2007 issue. This article is part of our larger package, the AJL Green List.
 Dallas mayor Laura Miller may be stepping down from her political post this summer, but she leaves behind a proud legacy of environmental protectionism.
During her five-year term as mayor, the 48-year-old former investigative reporter spearheaded one of Dallas’ biggest public works projects ever — a 10,000-acre greenbelt along the Trinity River that could hold a dozen Central Parks. Though perhaps her greatest gift to the city of Dallas is how she fought — and beat — big coal by stopping the TXU Corporation, the Texas energy giant, from their original plan to build 11 new coal plants, which would’ve spewed 78 million tons of planet-heating pollution each year — the equivalent of 11 million SUVs. (The company has now agreed to only build three of those plants.)
Miller doesn’t have any immediate plans after she exits the mayor’s office except to spend time with her husband (former Texas state representative Steve Wolens) and her three kids. Although rumor has it that she would like to join forces with the Environmental Protection Agency. They’d be lucky to have her.
This article is part of our larger package, the AJL Green List.
-- Text by Benyamin Cohen / AP Photo by Harry Cabluck
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