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Outdoor Air Quality: Is America Suffocating Itself?

This spring, runny eyes and a stuffed up nose may not be the result of seasonal allergens.

2013/04/24

Drinking Dirty Water: Is America’s Water Safety In Jeopardy?

Despite the Safe Drinking Water Act, you and your family may be drinking dirty water.

2013/03/13

EPA Doing Flyover Of Austin Before F1 Race

Federal officials will do air quality flyovers of the Central Texas racetrack where the Formula One U.S. Grand Prix will be held Sunday.

2012/11/14

Ex-EPA Official Says Texas Court Wins Won’t Last

A former Environmental Protection Agency administrator who resigned after using the word “crucify” to describe his approach to violators says recent court decisions striking down federal pollution rules are delaying the inevitable.

2012/09/23

Federal Appeals Court Sides With Texas Against EPA

A federal appeals court has ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency violated the Clean Air Act by rejecting a Texas program for approving air permits.

2012/08/13

Flame Retardant Found In Foods At Dallas Supermarkets

A new study from researchers at the University of Texas School of Public Health has revealed that flame retardant chemicals were found in many samples taken from popular North Texas food items.

2012/06/01

A photo within the Great Trinity Forest in Dallas. (credit: Groundwork Dallas)

The Best-Kept Secret In Texas… The Great Trinity Forest

Did you know the Great Trinity Forest, in southern Dallas, is the largest, urban, Hardwood Bottomland Forest in North America? Most people don’t. Spring flooding from the nearby Trinity River created the forest decades ago.

2011/07/19

Smoke from a power generating station billows into the air over grazing cattle.

EPA Wants To Issue Texas Greenhouse Gas Permits

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has asked a Washington court to allow it to issue greenhouse gas permits in Texas, even though the state has asked the judges to stop the federal move.

CBSDFW.COM–2011/01/06

A tailpipe is shown under a vehicle. (credit: AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Audit Of Texas Environmental Agency To Be Released

In the decade that Texas’ environmental regulatory agency has received two scathing audits, it has changed its name, increased collection of fines and gone head-to-head with oil giant BP.

CBSDFW.COM–2010/11/17