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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.
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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.
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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.
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A new study shows that the average exposure rate to damaging air pollutants in Joppa was significantly higher than the average for Dallas County.
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The signs displayed across Fort Worth’s highways can be intimidating. With summer heat rippling through the state, drivers zoom by screens blaring “OZONE.
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While Joppa residents complained about plant, City of Dallas paid millions for asphalt to its ownersJoppa 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Oil company seeks property tax breaks to finance its plans to remove carbon dioxide from Texas skiesOccidental’s tax break applications include new details about its carbon removal plans, which some experts see as important to countering climate change. Some environmentalists say the technology is unproven, expensive and only marginally useful at best.
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One of them is in Laredo, which has elevated rates of cancer, according to a recent state analysis. The findings come after reporting by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune.
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West Dallas residents won a victory in their battle against industrial pollution this week. The GAF asphalt shingle factory has told residents it is leaving their neighborhood after more than 75 years of operation.