air quality

The report says Dallas County residents have been exposed to significant levels of harmful pollution from the fossil-fuel driven equipment.

After vehement opposition from West Dallas residents, the city's zoning ordinance committee delayed a vote that would remove residents rights to file for a scheduled closure.

The City of Dallas hosted an 'Air Sensor Summit' to talk about community air quality data and encourage collaboration. But some environmental organizations question how the city's new sensor network will inform policymaking.

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.

Joppa residents will have to wait again to voice concerns about a controversial asphalt plant. A public hearing was scheduled and then postponed the same day.

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.

Emissions are reacting with the summer heat to create high levels of smog, hazardous air pollution that damages the lungs. But state officials are pushing back on ozone pollution controls proposed by the EPA, arguing such rules would compromise the electric grid.

Janie Cisneros hits a bright blue and lime green paper maché piñata with — a white letters that read GAF. That's the name of the company that operates a 75-year-old factory operating next to her house on Singleton Boulevard in West Dallas. The piñata swings from side to side while mariachi music plays.

Every 12 years, state agencies undergo a performance evaluation to make them more efficient.

The groups are suing the EPA, saying it failed to address concerns that air permits issued to big industrial facilities didn’t meet federal standards.

During the first four weeks of stay-at-home orders, ozone pollution across Texas dropped by an average of 18%, as people stayed at home and drove less,…