No Tax Break for AI Weapon Boat Manufacturer

Email a comment: Email your public comment to PUBLICCOMMENT@CO.CAMERON.TX.US before 8:45 am Tuesday, 16 June 2026. Include the agenda item number 4 E in your email comment. Make a public comment in person: You can request to make a public comment during the commissioner’s meeting, but you must show up at the county building (1100 E Monroe St., Brownsville,ContinueContinue reading “No Tax Break for AI Weapon Boat Manufacturer”

Sign on Letter: Demand the FAA Halt SpaceX Launches and Conduct an Environmental Impact Statement

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”

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”

Update! Take Action on HB 4660 and HB 4661!

WHAT ARE HB 4660 and HB 4661? **UPDATE ** On Thursday, April 3, the Texas Senate voted to pass these bills (SB 2230 and SB 2188). We must now urge the TX House of Representative members to vote against these bills. Click to read news article. The bills SB 2188 and SB 2230, now HB 4660 and HBContinueContinue reading “Update! Take Action on HB 4660 and HB 4661!”

No Mas Politicos Vendidos: Rio Grande Valley Residents Protest against LNG and SpaceX at the Brownsville State of the City Address

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: Thursday, March 27th  Contact: Bekah Hinojosa, bekah@sotxejn.org, 956-975-6634 No Mas Politicos Vendidos: Rio Grande Valley Residents Protest against LNG and SpaceX at the Brownsville State of the City Address While the City is bowing down to corporate interests like LNG and Elon Musk, the people won’t stand for it and areContinueContinue reading “No Mas Politicos Vendidos: Rio Grande Valley Residents Protest against LNG and SpaceX at the Brownsville State of the City Address”

Our Home After SpaceX – Film Screening & Panel Discussion

Join the South Texas Environmental Justice Network, 956 Radical Library, and Nuestra Delta Magica for a film screening and panel discussion titled “Our Home After SpaceX.” The event will take place at Buho Bookstore (1140 E Washington St., Brownsville, TX) on April 11, 2025, from 6:00 – 8:00 PM.  We will screen a 20-minute filmContinueContinue reading “Our Home After SpaceX – Film Screening & Panel Discussion”

Colonization Tours

Educational tours of the area for community members, organizations, reporters, journalists, researchers, and academics, etc., of SpaceX, border militarization, fossil fuels, and infrastructure known as “colonization sites.” Other versions of these Colonization Tours also educate locals and assist in monitoring these destructive projects. Contact us for a Colonization Tour: bekah@sotxejn.org

Kamlager-Dove, Committee Democrats Discuss Holding Big Oil Accountable with Expert Panelists at Roundtable

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sept. 18, 2024Contact: Lindsay Gressard 202-740-4715Kamlager-Dove, Committee Democrats Discuss Holding Big Oil Accountable with Expert Panelists at RoundtableWASHINGTON – Today, U.S. House Natural Resources Committee Vice Ranking Member Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-Calif.), joined by Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), Rep. Katie PorterContinueContinue reading “Kamlager-Dove, Committee Democrats Discuss Holding Big Oil Accountable with Expert Panelists at Roundtable”

Resisting SpaceX Colonization

SpaceX is a private rocket launching company started in 2002 and owned primarily by billionaire Elon Musk. The company has branded itself with Elon Musk’s philosophy to “colonize Mars” and create a “multi-planetary” system mainly focused on neglecting the environmental destruction on Earth and exploiting the resources of other planets. SpaceX began building its launchContinueContinue reading “Resisting SpaceX Colonization”