Category Archives: From the Blog

August 5, 2024 Michael Whitaker Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration 800 Independence Ave., S.W. Washington, D.C. 20591 Michael.Whitaker@faa.gov SpaceXBocaChica@icf.com Congressman Vicente Gonzalez Washington, D.C. 20515 RE: Request to Meet with FAA Staff to Discuss Hazardous SpaceX Proposal  The undersigned organizations are writing to urge the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to restart their public participation process andContinueContinue reading “Request to Meet with FAA Staff to Discuss Hazardous SpaceX Proposal”

Link to FAA notice: https://www.faa.gov/space/stakeholder_engagement/spacex_starship

Tax abatements for the billion-dollar LNG corporations are a bad deal for Cameron County. This report details the negative impacts of granting tax abatements for the LNG industry in Cameron County, including harm to critically endangered and protected wildlife, sacred and Indigenous historic sites, and community air and water quality. Espanol: Informe 2024: Las reduccionesContinueContinue reading “2024 Report: LNG Tax Abatements are a bad deal for Cameron County”

By: Christopher Basaldú Ph.D. May 23, 2024 Originally posted on MyRGV.com. The oil and gas industries are among the most wealthy and powerful in Texas. They own almost everything, including politicians, including our imaginations, especially RGV elected officials. Some of these officials are so dazzled by that oil and gas wealth that they are consideringContinueContinue reading “Opinion Editorial: Make liquefied natural gas industry pay their share of taxes”

April 17, 2024 South Texas Environmental Justice Network:  The Army Corps of Engineers again failed the Rio Grande Valley community by approving a permit to SpaceX that would allow the rocket company to destroy more wetlands on Boca Chica Beach. In their letter notifying the community of their decision, the Army Corps refused to hostContinueContinue reading “Response to Army Corps of Engineers Approving permit for SpaceX to Destroy Wetlands”

By: Christopher Basaldú, PhD March 28, 2024 Originally posted here on MyRGV.com. Last month, the Biden administration announced a pause on new liquefied natural gas export approvals while it reconsiders the impacts these projects have on the public’s health and safety, the climate, the economy and national security. This “pause” is a baby step inContinueContinue reading “Opinion Editorial: Look at the damage done to the Valley by LNG exports”

By: Bekah Hinojosa  I joined a delegation of women who are on the frontlines of fighting fracking and liquefied methane gas (LNG) in Texas, where we toured European countries with ties to this deadly fossil fuel industry. Methane gas is fracked in the Permian Basin and shipped to port communities like Corpus Christi, Port Arthur,ContinueContinue reading “Breaking the Fracking Cycle: From Texas LNG to Europe”