West Dallas

The five activists were fined for blocking the entrance to the GAF shingle factory during a protesting earlier this year. They say air pollution from the facility endangers public health.

Construction on Harold Simmons Park officially begins on Tuesday on the West Overlook, located on West Dallas’ side of the Trinity River, off Commerce Street. This area will eventually be a hub for community activities, featuring amenities like a dog park, skate park, and venues for movie nights and concerts.

West Dallas residents urged state regulators not to renew the air permit for a decades-old shingle plant near their homes. They said the plant is polluting their air.

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A Dallas judge has delayed ruling on a case over whether West Dallas residents can file for the forced closure of a shingle plant near their homes.

The Dallas Plan Commission delayed discussion of an ordinance some residents have tried to use to close down a decades-old shingle factory in the neighborhood.

The Dallas city plan commission will discuss amending a controversial ordinance that could impact residents' ability to close potentially harmful factories.

A new health study shows West Dallas residents could be exposed to higher levels of harmful air pollutants. Residents say they've been sounding the alarm for years.

The main gate to the decades-old GAF shingle factory was barricaded on Monday as West Dallas residents and environment activists staged an act of civil disobedience.

‘Mis-Lead’ uses a percussive score, projections and poems by Maya Angelou and Octavio Paz to examine the legacy of industrial pollution in the neighborhood.

EPA scientists went fishing to begin a study of how a pollution from a group of concrete batch plants impacts human health.

West Dallas residents say they feel belittled by the response to concerns over the GAF shingle plant. Council Member Omar Narvaez says he's constrained by ethics laws.