Elon Musk plans to launch another dangerous, unnecessary SpaceX rocket from our beach sometime in August. Sign your name or organization to our letter below urging Congress to take action and halt these launches. Please fill out the form below & share it: To: Members of the U.S. House of Representatives SUBJECT: Demand the FAAContinueContinue reading “Sign on Letter: Demand the FAA Halt SpaceX Launches and Conduct an Environmental Impact Statement”
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Port Isabel Community Meeting July 24
Join our second community meeting to learn more about the safety and explosion risks of SpaceX and proposed methane gas (LNG) facilities in Cameron County. We will have a presentation about the explosion and safety risks, and provide information from experts. We also want to hear your experiences and concerns about these industries in ourContinueContinue reading “Port Isabel Community Meeting July 24”
RSVP – Community Meeting: SpaceX and LNG Explosion Risks
Join our first community meeting to learn more about the safety and explosion risks of SpaceX and proposed methane gas (LNG) facilities in Cameron County. We will have a presentation about the explosion and safety risks, and provide information from experts. We also want to hear your experiences and concerns about these industries in ourContinueContinue reading “RSVP – Community Meeting: SpaceX and LNG Explosion Risks”
We’re hiring two Summer Fellows! Apply by June 6!
We’re hiring! South Texas Environmental Justice Network, in partnership with Start.Empowerment, is hiring two fellows to be based in Brownsville, TX. The deadline to apply is June 6. Click here to apply.Youth Requirements: – College students & young professionals (18-25) – Attend weekly check-ins (virtual) -Attend weekly political education lesson (virtual) -Complete readings assigned -WorkContinueContinue reading “We’re hiring two Summer Fellows! Apply by June 6!”
Explosive Risk Causes RGV Community to Raise the Alarm about the Safety Risks of LNG & SpaceX
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:May 21, 2025Contact: Bekah Hinojosa, bekah@sotxejn.org at 956-975-6634Explosive Risk Causes RGV Community to Raise the Alarm about the Safety Risks of LNG & SpaceXLocal organizations and the Carrizo Comecrudo Tribe sent public comments to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) urging it to address the explosion and safety risks of LNG and SpaceX.Brownsville,ContinueContinue reading “
Explosive Risk Causes RGV Community to Raise the Alarm about the Safety Risks of LNG & SpaceX”
Community Safety Alert: LNG & SpaceX Explosion Risks
The thought of large explosives near even larger vats of accelerant, like methane, would trouble anyone who isn’t a pyromaniac or a fool. The residents of the Rio Grande Valley are neither, and so are troubled at the dangerous facilities being planned in their community. Elon Musk’s SpaceX plans to continue launching the largest rocketContinueContinue reading “Community Safety Alert: LNG & SpaceX Explosion Risks”
Rio Grande Valley Organizations Condemn FAA’s Decision to Launch 25 SpaceX Rockets Per Year
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:5/6/2025Contact: Bekah Hinojosa at (956) 975 – 6634 or bekah@sotxejn.org Rio Grande Valley Organizations Condemn FAA’s Decision to Launch 25 SpaceX Rockets Per YearBROWNSVILLE, TX. – Today, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued an unjust decision allowing SpaceX to move forward with increasing the experimental and dangerous Starship/SuperHeavy rocket – the largest rocketContinueContinue reading “
Rio Grande Valley Organizations Condemn FAA’s Decision to Launch 25 SpaceX Rockets Per Year”
Free Boca Chica Beach! Take Action to Stop Texas House Bill 4661/ SB 2230 and SB 2188 for SpaceX!
Right now, Elon Musk’s lobbyists are pressuring Texas House Representatives to vote on House bills that give Elon Musk’s company town, “Starbase,” primary control over Boca Chica Beach and criminalize beachgoers. These bills are HB 4660/SB 2188 and HB 4661/SB 2230. Right now, you can take action to stop House Bill 4660/SB 2188, which, ifContinueContinue reading “Free Boca Chica Beach! Take Action to Stop Texas House Bill 4661/ SB 2230 and SB 2188 for SpaceX!”
Rio Grande Valley Organizations and Tribe Celebrate Stopping Texas Bill for SpaceX
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 28, 2025 Contact: Bekah Hinojosa at bekah@sotxejn.org or (956) 975 -6634 Rio Grande Valley Organizations and Tribe Celebrate Stopping Texas Bill for SpaceX BROWNSVILLE, TX. – This morning, the Texas House Representative committee voted against House Bill 4660 that would have unfairly granted SpaceX’s Starbase town primary control over Boca ChicaContinueContinue reading “Rio Grande Valley Organizations and Tribe Celebrate Stopping Texas Bill for SpaceX”
RSVP: Save Boca Chica Beach Community Action
Boca Chica Beach belongs to the public, not to Elon Musk or SpaceX. We are losing access to our sacred beach due to SpaceX’s daily rocket testing operations and its aggressive plans to turn it into a private company town called “Starbase.” Right now, they are holding an unfair election in which only nearby residents—predominantlyContinueContinue reading “RSVP: Save Boca Chica Beach Community Action”
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