Pollution

Lubbock’s Planning and Zoning Commission is set to consider a zone change for property under an industrial asphalt batch plant that started operating earlier this year, less than 600 feet from residential neighborhoods where Lubbockites have lived for decades. While citizens thought the facility might've been temporary, developers are hoping to make the establishment more permanent.

Biden-era changes to the Clean Air Act would have tightened regulations for industrial sites, but the Trump administration has given exemptions to hundreds of facilities. People living near the sites are concerned about air quality and their well-being.