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Feds Want To Stop Texas From Monitoring Our Own Air, Congressmen Say
FORT WORTH (1080 KRLD) – Two Texas Congressmen say the Environmental Protection Agency is trying to push Texas out of the job of monitoring our air quality. Congressman Joe Barton, of Ennis, discounts...
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Local Clean Air Action Day Also 2nd Worst Air Quality Day In U.S.
FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – Thursday, Dallas/Fort Worth found itself on a national list it would rather not be on. The list posted by federal environmental agencies on www.airnow.gov showed the...
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EPA Says All Texas Plants Will Get New Air Permits
HOUSTON (AP) – Nearly 140 Texas plants, including some of the nation’s largest refineries, have reached a deal with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to receive new permits even though a...
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Fort Worth Releases Natural Gas Air Quality Study
FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – The city of Fort Worth has released its long-awaited air quality report on Barnett Shale natural gas drilling operations. The twice-delayed report says a number of sites had...
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‘Level Red’ Ozone Alert Issued For North Texas
A tailpipe is shown under a vehicle. (credit: AP Photo/Rick Bowmer) NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A ‘Level Red Ozone Alert’ has been declared for North Texas. Despite being in a two-month long heat wave,...
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Breathing Problems Caused By Smoky, Dry, Dirty Air
NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The fires across the state are sending a lot of smoke billowing into the air and some of it is drifting into the air we breathe here in North Texas. To the naked eye, the...
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Exide Plant In Frisco Will Likely Close This Year
FRISCO (CBSDFW.COM) - The controversial Exide Technologies battery recycling plant in Frisco will close by the end of the year in a tentative deal reached with the city, Mayor Maher Maso said...
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State Judge Rules Atmosphere & Air Must Be Protected
Steam rolls out of a factory’s smokestack. (credit: J.D. Pooley/Getty Images) HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas judge has ruled the atmosphere and the air must be protected for public use just like water. The...
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Exide Plant In Frisco To Shut Down, Layoff Employees
FRISCO (CBS 11 NEWS) – Exide says it has notified 120 employees at its battery recycling plant in Frisco that they will be laid off on November 30. The company says it’s ending its operations at the...
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Study Links Increased Autism Risk With Air Pollution
NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Whether you’re in Dallas or Fort Worth, you’ve seen the haze. It’s worse in the summer and more noticeable when you’re looking at downtown buildings — but the dirty air may...
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Frisco’s Exide Plant Set To Officially Close
FRISCO (CBSDFW.COM) – It may be quiet now at Frisco’s Exide Technologies battery recycling plant but, Friday night, the silence will give way to celebration. Nearby homeowners like Shiby Mathew will...
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Exide To Detail Frisco Plant Demolition Plan
FRISCO (CBSDFW.COM) - A controversial battery recycling plant in Collin County was already shut down, but it is still a major a major issue for the surrounding community. Exide Technologies is hosting...
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After Explosion, Some In Milford Concerned About Air Quality
ELLIS COUNTY (CBSDFW.COM) – Deputies are keeping residents out of the town of Milford. Roadblocks are up at every entrance — on the other side environmental agencies are busy testing air quality....
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5 Texas Counties Won’t Meet New Ozone Limit
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter WASHINGTON, D.C. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) – The Obama administration is proposing stricter emissions limits on ozone, a pollutant that leads to smog and is linked to asthma...
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University Of North Texas Team Helps Develop Drug-Sniffing Car
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter NORTH TEXAS (CBS 11 NEWS) – On patrol through a small neighborhood of old trailer homes, there was a clue something was wrong. We couldn’t see it, or smell it —...
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Preparing To Move After Mold Problems Closes DISD School
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Students and teachers at one North Texas school are getting ready to move to a different campus. The Dallas Independent School District...
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Students Make Move To Different Campus After Mold Closes School
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – As the New Year begins there’s a different campus for students attending Sarah Zumwalt Middle School in east Oak Cliff. Health and safety...
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I-Team: Plano Testing Air For Hazardous Gas As Neighbors Complain About...
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter PLANO (CBS11 I-TEAM) – The City of Plano is testing the air quality in the Cross Creek neighborhood after the CBS11 I-Team began raising questions about whether it...
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I-Team Update: “Rotten Egg” Odor In Plano Neighborhood Not A Health Risk
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter PLANO (CBS11) – The results of the initial air tests from Plano’s Cross Creek neighborhood show the air may stink, but is safe to breathe. Last month, the CBS11...
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Report Finds More Than 95 Percent Of World’s Population Breathing Unhealthy Air
NEW YORK (CNN) – More than 95 percent of the world’s population is breathing unhealthy air, and the poorest nations are the hardest hit, a new report has found. According to the annual State of Global...
View ArticleEvacuations Ordered As Winds Fuel Northern California Fires
GUINDA, Calif. (AP) — Evacuations were ordered as dry, hot winds fueled a wildfire burning out of control Sunday in rural Northern California, sending a stream of smoke some 75 miles south into the San...
View ArticleCrews Battle Destructive Wildfires Raging In The West
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Firefighters continued to build containment around several destructive wildfires burning in California, though one stubborn blaze in the northern part of the state grew significantly...
View ArticleRoller Coaster Temperatures Doing A Number On North Texas Allergy Sufferers
FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – A North Texas allergy expert say we can thank the constant rise and drop in temperatures across North Texas lately for the ongoing and fierce allergies many people are...
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Petrochemicals Plant Fire Near Houston Likely To Burn 2 More Days
DEER PARK, Texas (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — The large fire at a Houston-area petrochemicals terminal will likely burn for two more days, authorities said Monday, noting the air quality around the facility was...
View ArticleEnvironmental Report Says Texas Oil Boom Increasing Air Pollution Levels
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A new report by an environmental groups says while the production of oil and natural gas in West Texas is booming it’s coming at a cost to residents who are regularly exposed...
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Flames Out, Smoke Lingering After Waxahachie Recycling Plant Fire
WAXAHACHIE, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – It’s taken hours, but the flames are out Wednesday evening after a massive recycling plant fire just off I-35 in Waxahachie. “Around 3 or 4 in the morning that’s when I...
View ArticleSaharan Dust Cloud Causes North Texas Air To Be Deemed ‘Unhealthy’
(CBSDFW.COM) – A historic dust cloud is sitting over North Texas Saturday. The dust comes all the way from Africa and produced the thickest dust event in 20 years over the Caribbean. The dust continued...
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‘That’s A Lot Of Chemicals In The Air’: Neighbors Near Poly-America Fire In...
GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – Even with the flames from the Poly-America fire nearly out, doctors are urging those in nearby neighborhoods to stay inside. The flames were visible from miles away...
View ArticleReport: NFL Officials Monitoring Air Quality Ahead Of Cowboys, Rams Opener
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (CBSDFW.COM) – The air quality in the Los Angeles area is being monitored by officials ahead of the opener between the Dallas Cowboys and the Rams, and a postponement or relocation of...
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West Coast Wildfire 1,500 Miles Away Responsible For Smoky Haze In North Texas
FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – While it was very nice to have a break in that 100-degree weather for the second day in a row, there is a concern about air quality. Where there is smoke there is fire, even...
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