Jim Schermbeck
Jim Schermbeck is the director of Downwinders at Risk, an air quality watchdog group, based in Dallas-Fort Worth. Contact him at schermbeck@aol.com.
By Jim Schermbeck
Opinion: Local cement plant seeks to burn 100 percent petroleum coke
Holcim Cement’s Midlothian plant seeks a permit to increase air pollution, releasing more carbon monoxide and burning 100% petroleum coke. This could boost emissions of particulate matter and CO2, raising environmental concerns. Community action includes public meetings and contested hearings to oppose the permit.
The most important local environmental hearing of the year? From Downwinders at Risk
A Public Hearing About the Air You Breath
Thursday, January 21
Public Comment begins at 6:30 pm
616 Six Flags Road, Arlington
(HQ of the North Central Texas Council of Governments)
Jan. 8, 2016
What's going on?
It's a public hearing on DFW's bad air. The whole region.
Downwinders at Risk: Studies challenge state's indifference to smog
Oct. 16, 2015
(Dallas)—Two first-of-their-kind studies on Dallas-Fort Worth smog, released in tandem today, challenge the State’s assertions that dirty air has little public health impact on local residents, and new controls on major polluters won’t make a difference.
The Air Out There - A portrait of what's wrong with air quality in DFW
This commentary is a response to a recent article in the pages of Green Source DFW on 'The Air Out There - The Quest for Clean Air in DFW', pollution and ozone levels in Dallas Ft. Worth.
Cities revise Ash Grove settlement, preserve green cement goals
March 4, 2011
A revised settlement agreement between Ash Grove Cement and the cities of Dallas and Arlington now includes language that preserves the goal of the original green cement policy, winning the support of DFW clean air activists who initially opposed a deal two weeks ago.