Jim Schermbeck is a Fort Worth native and Director of Downwinders at Risk, a 26-year old clean air and environmental justice group based in DFW. Schermbeck has overseen grassroots campaigns that eliminated the burning of hazardous waste in local cement plants, closed an outlaw lead smelter, and passed a de facto ban on gas drilling in Dallas. Since 2017 he and Downwinders have focused on identifying and reducing Particulate Matter air pollution, which disproportionally harms People of Color.
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