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EPA figures on air emissions from oil, gas production are unreliable,...

The Environmental Protection Agency’s internal watchdog says in a report dated Wednesday that information on air emissions from oil and natural gas operations nationwide is so sketchy that it’s hard...

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Federal appeals court backs EPA in Texas clean-air case, rejecting arguments...

Luminant's Big Brown plant near Fairfield, seen in a 2006 file photo. It is one of the coal plants that environmental groups have cited in lawsuits over excessive emissions (Tom Fox/Staff...

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Sierra Club turns up its ad campaign aimed at Energy Future Holdings’ oldest...

Today the Sierra Club is ramping up its campaign aimed at forcing Dallas-based Energy Future Holdings to phase out its biggest, oldest and most-polluting coal plants. EFH, created in the $45-billion...

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North Texas group among those asking court to block EPA from extending cement...

Groups around the country, including North Texas, asked a federal appeals court on Wednesday to block the Environmental Protection Agency from giving cement kilns two extra years to meet new...

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He said, she said: Energy Future Holdings joins a flame war with the Sierra...

Luminant’s Big Brown plant in Fairfield County south of Dallas, one of the coal-burning power plants environmentalists are targeting in their campaign against … [visit site to read more]

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Ash Grove Cement will slash emissions in Midlothian, close two old kilns and...

Update, 2:41 p.m.: Jim Schermbeck, director of the North Texas clean-air group Downwinders at Risk, said he’s glad to see the EPA enforcing the law, but added that the agency should have ordered a...

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Justice, EPA sue Luminant on emissions from two Texas coal plants, but the...

Big Brown (G.J. McCarthy/Staff photographer)   Update, 7:30 p.m.: Luminant has issued its response to the suit. Here it is, in full: In response to the lawsuit … [visit site to read more]

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Coming up Wednesday: Dallas County doctors enter the fray over Luminant’s...

Luminant's Big Brown plant near Fairfield, south of Dallas (G.J. McCarthy/Staff)Tomorrow morning, the Dallas County Medical … [visit site to read more]

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Vehicle inspection stickers: things that will be antiques in a couple of...

Endangered species: a Texas vehicle inspection sticker (Texas Department of Public Safety) Starting March 1, 2015, the annual trip to a mechanic for a safety and emissions inspection won’t result in a...

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After getting Dallas County doctors' pollution diagnosis, Texas gets a second...

Luminant's Big Brown coal-burning power plant south of Dallas, one of three targeted for emissions reductions by the Dallas County Medical Association (G.J. McCarthy/The Dallas Morning News) polyps in...

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Texas rejects Dallas County doctors' bid to cut coal pollution as premature;...

Luminant's Big Brown coal-burning power plant south of Dallas (G.J. McCarthy/The Dallas Morning News) Texas environmental … [visit site to read more]

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Justice Department says Dallas firms illegally imported Chinese motorcycles,...

The EPA and the Department of Justice say three Dallas firms owned by the same man illegally imported Chinese-made motorcycles without proper emissions-compliance documents. (File 2007/The Associated...

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Supreme Court reinstates EPA’s Cross-State Air Pollution Rule

The Supreme Court, in a 6-2 decision announced Tuesday morning, said the Environmental Protection Agency acted legally when it sought to limit air pollution from one state that hurts air quality in...

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Sierra Club sues Environmental Protection Agency to force tougher action on...

Because a picture is worth a thousand lawsuits. (G.J. McCarthy/Staff photographer) The Sierra Club sued Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy late Tuesday, saying the agency had...

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EPA delays come from lack of resources, and the consequences for health are...

Former EPA Regional Administrator Al Armendariz, now senior campaign representative of the Sierra Club's Beyond Coal Campaign (File photo 2013/AP) In … [visit site to read more]

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Federal emissions fraud nets 28 months, restituition for former Fort Worth man

A federal judge in Dallas has sentenced a former Fort Worth resident to 28 months in prison and ordered him to pay more than $350,000 in restitution for fraud involving emissions certificates on...

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Texas expected to reject Houston lawyer’s proposal to give industries a break...

Dallas smog, seen here on a bad day, is a health risk, but whose job is it to clean it up? (G.J. McCarthy/Staff photographer)visit site to read more]

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Texas environmental chief doubts link between greenhouse gases and the...

Earth and its atmosphere, seen from the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1994 (NASA)visit site to read more]

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EPA rejects a Texas clean-air plan, orders pollution upgrades on some big...

Two days with different visibility at Big Bend National Park: on the left, a clear day with visibility at 137 miles; on the right, a hazy, polluted day with visibility at 34 miles. (National Park...

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EPA’s proposed new ozone standard is out; urban North Texas has work to do

The new ozone standard, or target, that Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy proposed Wednesday would put Dallas-Fort Worth further out of compliance. If McCarthy’s plan...

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EPA hears from the North Texas public Thursday on a stronger smog standard

Dr. Robert Haley of Dallas speaks at a news conference outside a hearing on an Environmental Protection Agency proposal to strengthen the national standard on ozone to protect public health, at...

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Dorms near SMU's Umphrey Lee Center reopen after sewage line rupture

Students were evacuated Wednesday from the Umphrey Lee Center. (SMU) Updated Friday at 8:37 a.m.: Officials say repairs from Wednesday’s sewage line rupture are now complete. The Virginia-Snider...

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New EPA ozone standards will squeeze North Texas

The Environmental Protection Agency announced new air quality standards for ozone. Ozone is the triad of oxygen molecules that is one of the nastier ingredients in … [visit site to read more]

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