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Last week, the city passed an ordinance introducing restrictions for concrete batch plants in Dallas. Under it, new batch plants will require public hearings before the City Plan Commission and City ...

The federal agency launched the inquiry after complaints from the Harris County Attorney and Lone Star Legal Aid about how the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality issues permits to plants that ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is investigating state environmental regulators accused of civil rights violations that happened when Texas recently updated its standard permit for concrete ...

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, facing pressure from local officials and a federal investigation into its permitting process, has proposed a series of regulatory changes that would ...

The state has at last come down on a concrete batch plant in Joppa. This may turn out to be a welcome victory for the community, but we aren't sure it represents a win for the regulatory process. The ...

Opposition to a concrete batch plant in the mountain community of Alto, New Mexico escalated earlier this month when dozens of its residents appealed to the state’s environment department to deny an ...

Read full article: Gov. Abbott issues disaster declaration for Bexar County as severe storms sweep Texas Mustafa Salik (left), 40, and Erfan Kamal (right), 35, allegedly stole more than $18,000 worth ...

ARLINGTON, Texas — Deirdre Diamond is frustrated and concerned that another concrete batch plant is coming to her town. Gunter, located about 50 miles north of Dallas, already has 11 permitted ...

A concrete plant in Austin. Residents who live near concrete batch plants complain that they contaminate the air with dust. The residents are pressuring the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality ...

As the state’s environmental agency weighs new pollution limits on the plants, several lawmakers have filed bills that would put new restrictions on the facilities, which spew pollutants into mostly ...