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After nearly two years of trying to get a stringently opposed concrete batch plant up and running in south Tarrant County, Texas officials have granted J7 Ready Mix preliminary approval.
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The plant gets its color 鈥 and a boost in antioxidants 鈥 from genes from an edible flower. It's the first time gardeners have been able to grow a GMO crop at home.
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Staffers and volunteers loaded up 700 free trees for locals during Denton's Community Tree Giveaway at the city landfill.
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The TCEQ has proposed changes to concrete batch plant permits including lowering production limits, reducing dust coming from plants and setting minimum distance requirements from nearby communities.
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has declared the bracted twistflower, native to the Edwards Plateau, a threatened species, a month after putting another Texas plant on the endangered list.
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As the state鈥檚 environmental agency weighs new pollution limits on the plants, several lawmakers have filed bills that would put new restrictions on the facilities, which spew pollutants into mostly low-income neighborhoods.
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Is your lawn more tan than green? Are your favorite flowers dessicated? Even Texans with a green thumb are struggling to keep their plants alive as temperatures top 100 degrees day after day.
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The desert plant takes 10-15 years to grow to the size most buyers want, leading to an illicit underground plant trade.
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Melon growers in the Rio Grande Valley were impacted by a hailstorm last month, while other growers have dealt with hot and windy weather.