Editing Beaumont, Texas (section)

=== Pollution ===
The Beaumont–Port Arthur region has historically been cited as one of the most polluted urban areas in the United States due to various energy industries and chemical plants in the area. Even so, {{as of|2014|July|lc=y}}, the Beaumont-Port Arthur region was not under any [[Environmental Protection Agency]] non-attainment restrictions; however, counties in the [[Greater Houston]] area, the [[Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex]], and [[El Paso]] were.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Green Book Nonattainment Areas for Criteria Pollutants As of July 02, 2014 |url=http://www.epa.gov/oar/oaqps/greenbk/index.html |access-date=October 2, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141023194528/http://www.epa.gov/oar/oaqps/greenbk/index.html |archive-date=October 23, 2014 }}</ref> {{as of|2014|October}}, the Beaumont-Port Arthur area was not under any [[Texas Commission on Environmental Quality]] attainment compliance deadlines.<ref>{{cite web|title=Beaumont-Port Arthur: Current Attainment Status|url=http://www.tceq.texas.gov/airquality/sip/bpa/bpa-status|publisher=Texas Commission on Environmental Quality|access-date=October 2, 2014}}</ref> Regardless, according to an article published in 2007 focusing on [[Port Arthur, Texas|Port Arthur]], a neighboring city to the southeast of Beaumont, pollution was believed to have caused some area residents to become sick. This has generated debates throughout the local media.<ref name="usatoday">{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-10-20-texas-toxic_N.htm|title=Texas toxic town lures industry while residents wheeze|last=Rhor|first=Monica|date=October 20, 2007|agency=Associated Press|access-date=January 4, 2010}}</ref>