Studies: Links Between Fracking and Smog Pollution Stronger Than State Claims
New research suggests that pollution from fracking contributes a much larger share of Dallas-Fort Worth’s smog problem than state officials have said.
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Investigation Reveals Scale of South Texas’ Toxic Air Pollution Problem
An eight-month investigation of fracking-related air pollution in Texas’ Eagle Ford Shale finds that vulnerable citizens remain exposed to toxic emissions.
A Little-Noticed State Law Lets a Criminal Polluter Off Easy
Because of a little-noticed state law, Gulf Chemical, one of the state’s most brazen polluters, got a slap on the wrist for serious environmental blunders.
UPDATED: Air Pollution from Fracking in Eagle Ford Shale Threatens Health, Report Claims
A new 47-page report from Earthworks takes a sobering look at the potential health risks from fracking-related air pollution in Karnes County, one of the epicenters of the Eagle Ford Shale.
UPDATED: Problems With a West Texas Radioactive Waste Dump Get Buried
Instead of a public airing, problems with a burgeoning West Texas nuclear dump often get buried.
Harold Simmons Wins Another Favor from the Lege
Every session, Harold Simmons’ radioactive waste dump company comes to the Legislature with a new favor to ask. Every session Rep. Lon Burnam, a Fort Worth Democrat with a peace activist pedigree, puts up a spirited protest. And every session, Simmons—one of the state’s most generous GOP donors—pretty much gets what he wants.
In Landmark Criminal Case, Citgo Could Get Off Easy
Without the fear of enormous fines, a polluter could see violations simply as the cost of doing business.
Burying the Opposition
For more than a decade, Waste Control Specialists has had big plans to build a radioactive waste dump in a desolate corner of the West Texas oil patch.