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Closing time: controversial asphalt in Joppa scheduled to cease production on Friday keranews.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from keranews.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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. ....
Top anti-pollution group gets a makeover to an all-women board with young adults and people of color dallasnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dallasnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Invitations were sent out to people in the Joppa community to form a community oversight committee for the project. At the time it was announced, Adam Bazaldua, the Dallas City Council member who represents Joppa, applauded Downwinders and Joppa resident Temeckia Derrough for helping make the project happen. Derrough is also the founder of the Joppa Freedman’s Town Association. Now, Derrough said she feels she and another community member are being excluded from the project. “We feel our rights are being violated,” she said. She blames Downwinders, but the group says Derrough has representation on the committee. Her relationship with the local environmental group began when she was fighting the development of a concrete batch plant in Joppa in 2018. Downwinders reached out to her to help. She said they began doing a lot of research on the community and educating them about the environment. ....