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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
Naveena Sadasivam, Clayton Aldern, Jessie Blaeser and Chad Small, Grist

EXPLAINED: A billion pound problem how unchecked excess emissions ballooned in texas | Vintage Vibes

An overhead view of the ExxonMobil's Beaumont refinery on May 11, 2023.
Some neighborhoods in Beaumont sit next to massive refineries. An investigation by Grist found that Texas companies have released more than 1 billion pounds of pollution in excess of what their permits allow since 2002. (Credit: Mark Felix/Grist)

This story is published in collaboration with Science Friday. It was supported by the Fund for Investigative Journalism.

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