Dallas Resident Files Lawsuit to Try to Rid City of Shingle Factory
Janie Cisneros of West Dallas wants a polluting shingle factory gone. She says she's looking for justice, and she's turning to the courts to get it.
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Janie Cisneros of West Dallas wants a polluting shingle factory gone. She says she's looking for justice, and she's turning to the courts to get it.
A new report by the Texas Tribune and Inside Climate News found 10 companies that apparently circumvented federal oversight by claiming they were minor polluters. The West Dallas GAF shingle factory was one of them.
A new bill signed into law this year was aimed directly at Dallas. But residents and environmental justice advocates say the city's solution to the problem is unfair.
Many members of Singleton United showed up to a city meeting Tuesday to protest a proposed code amendment that would strip Dallas residents of a right they've had for decades to help clean up their neighborhoods.
A shingle manufacturing plant has been in talks with West Dallas community members to negotiate an exit strategy. Those talks are now at a standstill.