air pollution

As ozone season begins, the region has already exceeded federal air quality standards. Environmental advocates are urging residents to change small behaviors in their lives while cities work to fix the problem.

Leaders say they need to take critical steps to address poor air quality in the region.

The five activists were fined for blocking the entrance to the GAF shingle factory during a protesting earlier this year. They say air pollution from the facility endangers public health.

West Dallas residents urged state regulators not to renew the air permit for a decades-old shingle plant near their homes. They said the plant is polluting their air.

After two failed attempts to file for a scheduled closure of the 80-year-old GAF shingle plant, West Dallas resident Janie Cisneros is suing the city.

West Dallas residents say they feel belittled by the response to concerns over the GAF shingle plant. Council Member Omar Narvaez says he's constrained by ethics laws.

A new study shows that the average exposure rate to damaging air pollutants in Joppa was significantly higher than the average for Dallas County.

The signs displayed across Fort Worth’s highways can be intimidating. With summer heat rippling through the state, drivers zoom by screens blaring “OZONE.

Joppa residents want Dallas officials to shut down an asphalt plant polluting their air. The city has spent millions buying asphalt from the company that owns it.

The Austin Asphalt batch plant in Joppa will not be granted an automatic permit renewal from the city. Dallas city officials say the facility is out of compliance.

A coalition of activists, academics and governments is building a network of low-cost air quality sensors. It says it is missing a key collaborator — the City of Dallas.

As the state’s environmental agency weighs new pollution limits on the plants, several lawmakers have filed bills that would put new restrictions on the facilities, which spew pollutants into mostly low-income neighborhoods.