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  Giant Saharan Dust Plume to Paint North Texas Skies Orange This Weekend

  June 25 at 4 a.m.

  Expect to breathe in some dusty, African air when you step outside this weekend. A Saharan dust plume is traveling more than 7,000 miles to touch down in Dallas. The cloud is a bone dry, dusty mass of air that forms over the Sahara Desert in North Africa, said Juan...

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  Dallas Passes City's First Climate Action Plan

  May 28 at 7:30 a.m.

  Dallas is taking a shot, maybe not its best shot, but a shot, at lessening the city's role in the global climate crisis. Wednesday, the City Council unanimously passed Dallas' first-ever Comprehensive Environmental and Climate Action Plan. "I grew up partially in the shadow of a lead smelter plant in West...

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  A Green New Deal for Dallas? Activists Protest City’s New Climate Plan.

  March 5 at 4 a.m.

  Protesters lined the steps of the Hall of State in Fair Park on Tuesday, holding a banner in front of attendees of the morning's climate symposium: "This is not enough." It was in response to Dallas' climate plan, which was released in draft form last month and is to be adopted...

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  Dallas Has a Road Map to Crack Down on Illegal Dumping. Will the City Use It?

  February 21 at 4 a.m.

  For more than a year, Dallas has been sitting on a report addressing the city's trash problem. It lays out recommendations for reducing litter and illegal dumping — problems concentrated in historically underserved communities in southern Dallas. Now, according to a top official, the city will be implementing them. The...

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  Dallas Releases Draft of Its New Climate Plan

  February 10 at 4 a.m.

  Last week, Dallas published the first draft of its plan to address climate change. The 139-page document, produced by a consulting firm in consultation with dozens of local advocacy groups, governmental agencies and businesses, provides a road map for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and lessening the impact of climate change...

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  EPA Promises Additional Soil Testing at Southern Dallas Superfund Site

  February 4 at 4 a.m.

  The Environmental Protection Agency has promised to test soil in neighborhoods bordering a southern Dallas Superfund site in an effort to address community concerns about the presence of heavy metals. The announcement came at a community meeting Thursday, when the EPA presented the results of an initial report showing heightened...