Texas' oversight over asphalt plants is limited. Critics say that has exposed Dallas' Joppa community and other communities across the state to hazardous pollution.
Texas' oversight over asphalt plants is limited. Critics say that has exposed Dallas' Joppa community and other communities across the state to hazardous pollution.
Joppa residents want Dallas officials to shut down an asphalt plant polluting their air. The city has spent millions buying asphalt from the company that owns it.
A sulfuric stink has filled the Joppa community for years, and residents say the smell, particulate matter pollution and grit have caused headaches, asthma.
A “Joppa community meeting” was billed as a chance to get information about the status of a controversial asphalt plant that residents say has long polluted the air in the predominately Black community.