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Downwinders At Risk - Articles: November 2006. Sunday, November 05, 2006. TXU threatens suit over Perry float. TXU threatens suit over Perry float. Environmental group calls demand to remove energy firm's logo 'meaningless'. 08:56 AM CDT on Tuesday, October 24, 2006. By DAVE LEVINTHAL / The Dallas Morning News. Electricity giant TXU Corp. is threatening to sue an environmental group for trademark infringement over an anti-Rick Perry float the group is towing around the state. LISA LeVRIER / DMN. They wil...
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Downwinders At Risk - Articles: January 2007. Tuesday, January 30, 2007. TALKING POINTS FOR CLEAN AIR HEARINGS. IT'S TIME TO EXPRESS YOUR CONCERN FOR CLEANER AIR. Because DFWâ s air is still in violation of the Clean Air Act for ozone, or smog pollution, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) must submit a new plan to clean it up to EPA by June 2007. The TCEQ has written a draft plan that is now subject to public comment. TALKING POINTS - WHAT THE PLAN LACKS AND NEEDS. In 2006, the EPAâ s C...
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Downwinders At Risk - Articles: EPA to reject Texas air permit process. Wednesday, September 09, 2009. EPA to reject Texas air permit process. The air-pollution permitting process in the nation's largest greenhouse-gas producing state does not adhere to the Clean Air Act and portions of it should be thrown out, federal regulators said Tuesday in an announcement applauded by Texas environmentalists. Texas has major air-pollution problems, thanks to numerous coal-fired power plants, oil refineries and petr...
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Downwinders At Risk - Articles: Ash Grove sues over Texas green cement resolutions. Wednesday, January 07, 2009. Ash Grove sues over Texas green cement resolutions. The Kansas City Star. Overland Park-based Ash Grove Cement Co. is challenging â œgreen cementâ resolutions enacted by Texas municipal bodies requiring local governments to buy cement made using less-polluting methods. The suit names the cities of Dallas, Fort Worth, Arlington and Plano, Dallas County Schools and Tarrant County as defendants.
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Downwinders At Risk - Articles: January 2006. Tuesday, January 24, 2006. EPA, Clean up our air! North Texas homemaker will attend today's hearing on kilns, but many Americans can't. Tuesday, January 24, 2006. Becky Bornhorst is a native Texan and a homemaker who volunteers for the nonprofit group Downwinders at Risk. She and at least ten other citizens from across the country will travel to North Carolina January 24 to testify at the EPA hearing.For More Information on Mercury and Cement Kilns.
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Downwinders At Risk - Articles: August 2006. Sunday, August 27, 2006. Kilns Being Pressed to Cut Emissions. Sunday, Aug. 27, 2006. Kilns being pressed to cut emissions. From a remote site in the heart of Bavaria, in southern Germany, the modest Solnhofen cement plant is a model for reducing pollution. Once a dirty industrial facility, the plant has dramatically slashed lung-scarring emissions with a cutting-edge technology that converts pollutants into water vapor. The technology could cost tens of milli...
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Downwinders At Risk - Articles: December 2006. Sunday, December 03, 2006. Greenwire pm on cement industry lobbying, Dec. 1, 2006. AIR POLLUTION: Cement industry lobbies OMB against tighter mercury, HCI rules. Daniel Cusick, E&ENews PM reporter. Industry representatives asked the Bush administration yesterday to forego tighter restrictions on mercury and hydrogen chloride (HCI) emissions from cement kilns, saying new regulation was not needed. EPA enforces tougher standards for cement kilns that burn haza...
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Downwinders At Risk - Articles: TXI's air permit renewed. Thursday, April 09, 2009. TXI's air permit renewed. Posted by Downwinders At Risk at. View my complete profile. TXI Air Permit Renewal. Buda cement kiln turns to alternate fuels. WFAA, Channel 8, Cities see green on cement. Creating an Air of Uncertainty. Ash Grove sues over Texas green cement resolutions. DONT GIVE IN TO THE CEMENT BULLIES. Ash Grove cement firm an anti-green bully. Response from MISD to USA Today article.
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Downwinders At Risk - Articles: TXI Air Permit Renewal. Monday, April 06, 2009. TXI Air Permit Renewal. Posted by Downwinders At Risk at. View my complete profile. Buda cement kiln turns to alternate fuels. WFAA, Channel 8, Cities see green on cement. Creating an Air of Uncertainty. Ash Grove sues over Texas green cement resolutions. DONT GIVE IN TO THE CEMENT BULLIES. Ash Grove cement firm an anti-green bully. Response from MISD to USA Today article. How is Pollution Affecting Your School?
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Downwinders At Risk - Articles: Creating an Air of Uncertainty. Monday, January 19, 2009. Creating an Air of Uncertainty. State of Neglect: Plant emissions create an air of uncertainty in Midlothian. 11:35 PM CST on Saturday, January 17, 2009. By RANDY LEE LOFTIS / The Dallas Morning News. Sal Mier used to think fighting infectious diseases was tough. That was before he stepped into the politics of Texas pollution. Â so far, a big Maybe. People also got a glimpse at the clout of heavy industry, which has...