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Twenty-eight residents of tiny DISH, TX — where Barnett Shale natural gas drilling and pipeline operations have been suspected of polluting the air — who were tested for exposure to volatile organic compounds (VOC) were not found to have unusual levels of the contaminants, according to results of biological tests from a Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) investigation.

Twenty-eight residents of tiny DISH, TX — where Barnett Shale natural gas drilling and pipeline operations have been suspected of polluting the air — who were tested for exposure to volatile organic compounds (VOC) were not found to have unusual levels of the contaminants, according to results of biological tests from a Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) investigation.

As polluting utilities were preparing to fight a broadEnvironmental Protection Agency emissions-reduction edict issuedlast week, they were hit with an appeals court decision upholdingan earlier EPA order on the same subject – nitrogen oxide (NOx)emissions.

As polluting utilities were preparing to fight a broadEnvironmental Protection Agency emissions-reduction edict issuedlast week, they were hit with an appeals court decision upholdingan earlier EPA order on the same subject — nitrogen oxides (NOx)emissions.