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  DFW Auto Emissions Grow Disproportionately to Population

  October 17 at 4 a.m.

  Greenhouse gas emissions from transportation in the DFW area went up a startling 27% per person between 1990 and 2017, according to new data released from Boston University's Database of Road Transportation Emissions and analyzed by the New York Times.

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  Dallas Closer to Fulfilling Promise of Monitoring Neighborhood Air Pollution

  October 7 at 4 a.m.

  When Marsha Jackson moved to the red-brick home in southern Dallas over two decades ago, her daughter was overjoyed to have a pasture to keep her horses. But since an industrial recycling plant opened up next door at the beginning of last year, the clear stream and fresh air are...

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  Can Raising Cattle Be Environmentally Friendly? These Texas Ranchers Say Yes.

  September 17 at 4 a.m.

  Thigh-high grasses and plant stalks thwack the sides of the all-terrain buggy as Meredith Ellis maneuvers it down a faint double track through a dense pasture. Grasshoppers launch out of the way, whirring past bright purple, thistle-like Leavenworth's eryngo that poke up alongside creamy milkweed flowers. Yellow and purple wildflowers...

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  Wind Farm Proposal Divides Ranch Community

  September 10 at 4 a.m.

  A wind farm proposal is dividing a quiet, rural community. Residents who oppose the wind farm say that the companies tactics have been misleading and don't properly take into account the impact the towers would have on the community.

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  Flash Drought Scorches Texas, Sparks Wildfires

  August 21 at 4 a.m.

  A flash drought is creating perfect wildfire conditions in Texas

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  Texas Cattlemen Push Back on U.N. Climate Report

  August 19 at 4 a.m.

  Eat less meat: the refrain has run through many recent articles and reports about climate change and the urgent need to take care of the world and manage its natural resources. And the most recent United Nations climate report, or at least a lot of the coverage of it, said...