Environmental Racism

Some candidates vying to represent West Dallas on the city council answered resident questions about the area's environmental issues on Thursday.

The Dallas City Council moved to strip residents of a legal right that could be used to battle polluting industries.

A proposal to amend a section of the city's development code could also result in Dallas officials stripping residents' right to file for the process.

A change to an obscure Dallas development code could limit residents' right to advocate against heavy industry. Elected officials say they need more information.

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.

Residents in the mostly minority Joppa neighborhood have been sounding the alarm over nearby heavy industry. Dallas officials are backing rezoning to help change that.

A new health study shows West Dallas residents could be exposed to higher levels of harmful air pollutants. Residents say they've been sounding the alarm for years.

Friendship-West Baptist Church filed to dismiss its case against the developers who planned to build an industrial warehouse near the church.

A temporary injunction was granted by a Dallas district court Tuesday halting a 200,000-square-foot warehouse in a predominantly Black and Latino neighborhood.

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.

Texas' oversight over asphalt plants is limited. Critics say that has exposed Dallas' Joppa community — and other communities across the state — to hazardous pollution.