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Mississippi Today: xAI now has 46 gas turbines without air permits. State officials are ‘evaluating the situation’. “The company uses the turbines to power its two data centers just across the state line in Memphis, and is also planning to build another large center in Southaven. XAI now has 46 ‘temporary-mobile’ turbines at its Mississippi facility, according to the Mississippi Department […]

Mississippi Today: xAI now has 46 gas turbines without air permits. State officials are ‘evaluating the situation’. “The company uses the turbines to power its two data centers just across the state line in Memphis, and is also planning to build another large center in Southaven. XAI now has 46 ‘temporary-mobile’ turbines at its Mississippi facility, according to the Mississippi Department […]

Mississippi Today: xAI now has 46 gas turbines without air permits. State officials are ‘evaluating the situation’. “The company uses the turbines to power its two data centers just across the state line in Memphis, and is also planning to build another large center in Southaven. XAI now has 46 ‘temporary-mobile’ turbines at its Mississippi facility, according to the Mississippi Department […]

Mississippi Today: xAI now has 46 gas turbines without air permits. State officials are ‘evaluating the situation’. “The company uses the turbines to power its two data centers just across the state line in Memphis, and is also planning to build another large center in Southaven. XAI now has 46 ‘temporary-mobile’ turbines at its Mississippi facility, according to the Mississippi Department […]

Mississippi Today: xAI now has 46 gas turbines without air permits. State officials are ‘evaluating the situation’. “The company uses the turbines to power its two data centers just across the state line in Memphis, and is also planning to build another large center in Southaven. XAI now has 46 ‘temporary-mobile’ turbines at its Mississippi facility, according to the Mississippi Department […]

We all knew this could happen!!!

#Uranium Ore Truck Collision Endangered #Navajos near #Shonto on #NavajoNation

May 11, 2026, via @bsnorrell.blogspot.com

"A uranium ore haul truck traveling from a uranium mine in the Havasupai's homeland in the Grand Canyon, to a mill site in the White Mesa Ute's community in Utah, was struck by a vehicle, which exposes the danger from the #radioactive haul trucks covered only with tarps. The trucks travel from #EnergyFuels #PinyonPlain #UraniumMine in the #GrandCanyon, from #Havasupai ancestral land, through #Flagstaff, and across #Navajo and #Hopi lands before reaching Energy Fuels mill site on Ute ancestral land in #Utah." -- Censored News

Read more:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2026/05/uranium-ore-truck-collision-endangered.html

#USPol #NativeAmericanNews #PinyonPlainUraniumMine #NoUraniumMining #UraniumMilling #NuclearColonialism #TheLongFight #WhiteMesa #Ute #WhiteMesaUte #UraniumMilling #ProtectWhiteMesa #BlandingUtah #BluffUtah #EnvironmentalActivism
#PinyonPlain #IndigenousRights
#NoUranium #ProtectTheSacred
#WhiteMesaUte #WhiteMesaMill #WhiteMesaUraniumMill
#WaterIsLife #DontNukeTheFuture
#NoUraniumMining #NukingTheUte
#UteNation #NoNukes #FourCornersToFukushima #MotherEarth #ProtectMotherEarth
#DefendTheSacred #Environment
#EnvironmentalRacism

We all knew this could happen!!!

#Uranium Ore Truck Collision Endangered #Navajos near #Shonto on #NavajoNation

May 11, 2026, via @bsnorrell.blogspot.com

"A uranium ore haul truck traveling from a uranium mine in the Havasupai's homeland in the Grand Canyon, to a mill site in the White Mesa Ute's community in Utah, was struck by a vehicle, which exposes the danger from the #radioactive haul trucks covered only with tarps. The trucks travel from #EnergyFuels #PinyonPlain #UraniumMine in the #GrandCanyon, from #Havasupai ancestral land, through #Flagstaff, and across #Navajo and #Hopi lands before reaching Energy Fuels mill site on Ute ancestral land in #Utah." -- Censored News

Read more:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2026/05/uranium-ore-truck-collision-endangered.html

#USPol #NativeAmericanNews #PinyonPlainUraniumMine #NoUraniumMining #UraniumMilling #NuclearColonialism #TheLongFight #WhiteMesa #Ute #WhiteMesaUte #UraniumMilling #ProtectWhiteMesa #BlandingUtah #BluffUtah #EnvironmentalActivism
#PinyonPlain #IndigenousRights
#NoUranium #ProtectTheSacred
#WhiteMesaUte #WhiteMesaMill #WhiteMesaUraniumMill
#WaterIsLife #DontNukeTheFuture
#NoUraniumMining #NukingTheUte
#UteNation #NoNukes #FourCornersToFukushima #MotherEarth #ProtectMotherEarth
#DefendTheSacred #Environment
#EnvironmentalRacism

We all knew this could happen!!!

#Uranium Ore Truck Collision Endangered #Navajos near #Shonto on #NavajoNation

May 11, 2026, via @bsnorrell.blogspot.com

"A uranium ore haul truck traveling from a uranium mine in the Havasupai's homeland in the Grand Canyon, to a mill site in the White Mesa Ute's community in Utah, was struck by a vehicle, which exposes the danger from the #radioactive haul trucks covered only with tarps. The trucks travel from #EnergyFuels #PinyonPlain #UraniumMine in the #GrandCanyon, from #Havasupai ancestral land, through #Flagstaff, and across #Navajo and #Hopi lands before reaching Energy Fuels mill site on Ute ancestral land in #Utah." -- Censored News

Read more:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2026/05/uranium-ore-truck-collision-endangered.html

#USPol #NativeAmericanNews #PinyonPlainUraniumMine #NoUraniumMining #UraniumMilling #NuclearColonialism #TheLongFight #WhiteMesa #Ute #WhiteMesaUte #UraniumMilling #ProtectWhiteMesa #BlandingUtah #BluffUtah #EnvironmentalActivism
#PinyonPlain #IndigenousRights
#NoUranium #ProtectTheSacred
#WhiteMesaUte #WhiteMesaMill #WhiteMesaUraniumMill
#WaterIsLife #DontNukeTheFuture
#NoUraniumMining #NukingTheUte
#UteNation #NoNukes #FourCornersToFukushima #MotherEarth #ProtectMotherEarth
#DefendTheSacred #Environment
#EnvironmentalRacism

We all knew this could happen!!!

#Uranium Ore Truck Collision Endangered #Navajos near #Shonto on #NavajoNation

May 11, 2026, via @bsnorrell.blogspot.com

"A uranium ore haul truck traveling from a uranium mine in the Havasupai's homeland in the Grand Canyon, to a mill site in the White Mesa Ute's community in Utah, was struck by a vehicle, which exposes the danger from the #radioactive haul trucks covered only with tarps. The trucks travel from #EnergyFuels #PinyonPlain #UraniumMine in the #GrandCanyon, from #Havasupai ancestral land, through #Flagstaff, and across #Navajo and #Hopi lands before reaching Energy Fuels mill site on Ute ancestral land in #Utah." -- Censored News

Read more:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2026/05/uranium-ore-truck-collision-endangered.html

#USPol #NativeAmericanNews #PinyonPlainUraniumMine #NoUraniumMining #UraniumMilling #NuclearColonialism #TheLongFight #WhiteMesa #Ute #WhiteMesaUte #UraniumMilling #ProtectWhiteMesa #BlandingUtah #BluffUtah #EnvironmentalActivism
#PinyonPlain #IndigenousRights
#NoUranium #ProtectTheSacred
#WhiteMesaUte #WhiteMesaMill #WhiteMesaUraniumMill
#WaterIsLife #DontNukeTheFuture
#NoUraniumMining #NukingTheUte
#UteNation #NoNukes #FourCornersToFukushima #MotherEarth #ProtectMotherEarth
#DefendTheSacred #Environment
#EnvironmentalRacism

We all knew this could happen!!!

#Uranium Ore Truck Collision Endangered #Navajos near #Shonto on #NavajoNation

May 11, 2026, via @bsnorrell.blogspot.com

"A uranium ore haul truck traveling from a uranium mine in the Havasupai's homeland in the Grand Canyon, to a mill site in the White Mesa Ute's community in Utah, was struck by a vehicle, which exposes the danger from the #radioactive haul trucks covered only with tarps. The trucks travel from #EnergyFuels #PinyonPlain #UraniumMine in the #GrandCanyon, from #Havasupai ancestral land, through #Flagstaff, and across #Navajo and #Hopi lands before reaching Energy Fuels mill site on Ute ancestral land in #Utah." -- Censored News

Read more:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2026/05/uranium-ore-truck-collision-endangered.html

#USPol #NativeAmericanNews #PinyonPlainUraniumMine #NoUraniumMining #UraniumMilling #NuclearColonialism #TheLongFight #WhiteMesa #Ute #WhiteMesaUte #UraniumMilling #ProtectWhiteMesa #BlandingUtah #BluffUtah #EnvironmentalActivism
#PinyonPlain #IndigenousRights
#NoUranium #ProtectTheSacred
#WhiteMesaUte #WhiteMesaMill #WhiteMesaUraniumMill
#WaterIsLife #DontNukeTheFuture
#NoUraniumMining #NukingTheUte
#UteNation #NoNukes #FourCornersToFukushima #MotherEarth #ProtectMotherEarth
#DefendTheSacred #Environment
#EnvironmentalRacism

‘Pacific ashtray’: Australian billionaire’s plan to ship and burn waste in Fiji condemned by villagers https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/23/waste-incinerator-fiji-plan-australians-ian-malouf-rob-cromb-kookai #Fiji #EnvironmentalRacism #Kookai #IanMalouf #RobCromb #Australia #WasteIncinerator #PacificAshtray

‘Pacific ashtray’: Australian billionaire’s plan to ship and burn waste in Fiji condemned by villagers https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/23/waste-incinerator-fiji-plan-australians-ian-malouf-rob-cromb-kookai #Fiji #EnvironmentalRacism #Kookai #IanMalouf #RobCromb #Australia #WasteIncinerator #PacificAshtray

@onedawnconstant Less emissions than coal or other fossil fuels, but there's a heavy price involved from #UraniumMining to #UraniumProcess to #NuclearWaste storage. Usually involving #EnvironmentalRacism .

Speaking of #CorporateSuckups... Way to NOT get my vote, #JanetMills! 🖕🏼

Janet Mills vetoes #Maine #DataCenter ban

by Ethan Andrews, April 24, 2026

"Gov. Janet Mills on Friday vetoed a bill that would have created a temporary statewide ban on large #DataCenters.

"The bill passed by the Maine Legislature earlier this month would enact an 18-month moratorium on new data centers that use more than 20 #megawatts of power.

"It would have made Maine the first state in the country to enact such a ban on the controversial facilities, which support #CloudComputing and artificial intelligence at the cost of large amounts of electricity and #water."

Read more:
https://www.bangordailynews.com/2026/04/24/politics/janet-mills-vetoes-maine-data-center-ban/

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/DlifM

#AISucks #DatacenterMoratorium #AIDatacenters #EnvironmentalRacism #PreyingOnThePoor #BigDataSucks #EnergyVampires #NoisePollution #MainePol #ResistAI #WaterIsLife #ArtificialIntelligence #HumanStupidity

Speaking of #CorporateSuckups... Way to NOT get my vote, #JanetMills! 🖕🏼

Janet Mills vetoes #Maine #DataCenter ban

by Ethan Andrews, April 24, 2026

"Gov. Janet Mills on Friday vetoed a bill that would have created a temporary statewide ban on large #DataCenters.

"The bill passed by the Maine Legislature earlier this month would enact an 18-month moratorium on new data centers that use more than 20 #megawatts of power.

"It would have made Maine the first state in the country to enact such a ban on the controversial facilities, which support #CloudComputing and artificial intelligence at the cost of large amounts of electricity and #water."

Read more:
https://www.bangordailynews.com/2026/04/24/politics/janet-mills-vetoes-maine-data-center-ban/

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/DlifM

#AISucks #DatacenterMoratorium #AIDatacenters #EnvironmentalRacism #PreyingOnThePoor #BigDataSucks #EnergyVampires #NoisePollution #MainePol #ResistAI #WaterIsLife #ArtificialIntelligence #HumanStupidity

Speaking of #CorporateSuckups... Way to NOT get my vote, #JanetMills! 🖕🏼

Janet Mills vetoes #Maine #DataCenter ban

by Ethan Andrews, April 24, 2026

"Gov. Janet Mills on Friday vetoed a bill that would have created a temporary statewide ban on large #DataCenters.

"The bill passed by the Maine Legislature earlier this month would enact an 18-month moratorium on new data centers that use more than 20 #megawatts of power.

"It would have made Maine the first state in the country to enact such a ban on the controversial facilities, which support #CloudComputing and artificial intelligence at the cost of large amounts of electricity and #water."

Read more:
https://www.bangordailynews.com/2026/04/24/politics/janet-mills-vetoes-maine-data-center-ban/

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/DlifM

#AISucks #DatacenterMoratorium #AIDatacenters #EnvironmentalRacism #PreyingOnThePoor #BigDataSucks #EnergyVampires #NoisePollution #MainePol #ResistAI #WaterIsLife #ArtificialIntelligence #HumanStupidity

Speaking of #CorporateSuckups... Way to NOT get my vote, #JanetMills! 🖕🏼

Janet Mills vetoes #Maine #DataCenter ban

by Ethan Andrews, April 24, 2026

"Gov. Janet Mills on Friday vetoed a bill that would have created a temporary statewide ban on large #DataCenters.

"The bill passed by the Maine Legislature earlier this month would enact an 18-month moratorium on new data centers that use more than 20 #megawatts of power.

"It would have made Maine the first state in the country to enact such a ban on the controversial facilities, which support #CloudComputing and artificial intelligence at the cost of large amounts of electricity and #water."

Read more:
https://www.bangordailynews.com/2026/04/24/politics/janet-mills-vetoes-maine-data-center-ban/

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/DlifM

#AISucks #DatacenterMoratorium #AIDatacenters #EnvironmentalRacism #PreyingOnThePoor #BigDataSucks #EnergyVampires #NoisePollution #MainePol #ResistAI #WaterIsLife #ArtificialIntelligence #HumanStupidity

Speaking of #CorporateSuckups... Way to NOT get my vote, #JanetMills! 🖕🏼

Janet Mills vetoes #Maine #DataCenter ban

by Ethan Andrews, April 24, 2026

"Gov. Janet Mills on Friday vetoed a bill that would have created a temporary statewide ban on large #DataCenters.

"The bill passed by the Maine Legislature earlier this month would enact an 18-month moratorium on new data centers that use more than 20 #megawatts of power.

"It would have made Maine the first state in the country to enact such a ban on the controversial facilities, which support #CloudComputing and artificial intelligence at the cost of large amounts of electricity and #water."

Read more:
https://www.bangordailynews.com/2026/04/24/politics/janet-mills-vetoes-maine-data-center-ban/

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/DlifM

#AISucks #DatacenterMoratorium #AIDatacenters #EnvironmentalRacism #PreyingOnThePoor #BigDataSucks #EnergyVampires #NoisePollution #MainePol #ResistAI #WaterIsLife #ArtificialIntelligence #HumanStupidity

'#DataColonialism': Native Communities Fight #AI #DataCenters on #IndigenousLand

#DemocracyNow, April 22, 2026

"The artificial intelligence industry’s #DataCenter boom is the latest chapter in a long history of #EnvironmentalRacism and resource exploitation in vulnerable Native communities, says Oglala Lakota and Northern Cheyenne activist #KrystalTwoBulls, the executive director of #HonorTheEarth, an Indigenous-led #EnvironmentalJustice organization that is tracking over 100 proposed data center projects on tribal and rural lands. We speak to Two Bulls about the myriad impacts of what she calls a 'modern-day iteration' of '#SettlerColonialism,' including #NoisePollution, #cancers and respiratory illnesses, water depletion, #EnergyGrid overload and even '#EcologicalCollapse.' As tech companies set their sights on Indigenous lands, Two Bulls says, 'We’re always the one that ends up having to sacrifice our relationship to land, air, water, our communities and our nonhuman relatives.' "

Read / listen / watch:
https://www.democracynow.org/2026/4/22/krystal_twobulls_indigenous_lands_data_centers

#AirIsLife #WaterIsLife #AISucks #AIDataCenters #CorporateColonialism #ResistAI

'#DataColonialism': Native Communities Fight #AI #DataCenters on #IndigenousLand

#DemocracyNow, April 22, 2026

"The artificial intelligence industry’s #DataCenter boom is the latest chapter in a long history of #EnvironmentalRacism and resource exploitation in vulnerable Native communities, says Oglala Lakota and Northern Cheyenne activist #KrystalTwoBulls, the executive director of #HonorTheEarth, an Indigenous-led #EnvironmentalJustice organization that is tracking over 100 proposed data center projects on tribal and rural lands. We speak to Two Bulls about the myriad impacts of what she calls a 'modern-day iteration' of '#SettlerColonialism,' including #NoisePollution, #cancers and respiratory illnesses, water depletion, #EnergyGrid overload and even '#EcologicalCollapse.' As tech companies set their sights on Indigenous lands, Two Bulls says, 'We’re always the one that ends up having to sacrifice our relationship to land, air, water, our communities and our nonhuman relatives.' "

Read / listen / watch:
https://www.democracynow.org/2026/4/22/krystal_twobulls_indigenous_lands_data_centers

#AirIsLife #WaterIsLife #AISucks #AIDataCenters #CorporateColonialism #ResistAI

'#DataColonialism': Native Communities Fight #AI #DataCenters on #IndigenousLand

#DemocracyNow, April 22, 2026

"The artificial intelligence industry’s #DataCenter boom is the latest chapter in a long history of #EnvironmentalRacism and resource exploitation in vulnerable Native communities, says Oglala Lakota and Northern Cheyenne activist #KrystalTwoBulls, the executive director of #HonorTheEarth, an Indigenous-led #EnvironmentalJustice organization that is tracking over 100 proposed data center projects on tribal and rural lands. We speak to Two Bulls about the myriad impacts of what she calls a 'modern-day iteration' of '#SettlerColonialism,' including #NoisePollution, #cancers and respiratory illnesses, water depletion, #EnergyGrid overload and even '#EcologicalCollapse.' As tech companies set their sights on Indigenous lands, Two Bulls says, 'We’re always the one that ends up having to sacrifice our relationship to land, air, water, our communities and our nonhuman relatives.' "

Read / listen / watch:
https://www.democracynow.org/2026/4/22/krystal_twobulls_indigenous_lands_data_centers

#AirIsLife #WaterIsLife #AISucks #AIDataCenters #CorporateColonialism #ResistAI

'#DataColonialism': Native Communities Fight #AI #DataCenters on #IndigenousLand

#DemocracyNow, April 22, 2026

"The artificial intelligence industry’s #DataCenter boom is the latest chapter in a long history of #EnvironmentalRacism and resource exploitation in vulnerable Native communities, says Oglala Lakota and Northern Cheyenne activist #KrystalTwoBulls, the executive director of #HonorTheEarth, an Indigenous-led #EnvironmentalJustice organization that is tracking over 100 proposed data center projects on tribal and rural lands. We speak to Two Bulls about the myriad impacts of what she calls a 'modern-day iteration' of '#SettlerColonialism,' including #NoisePollution, #cancers and respiratory illnesses, water depletion, #EnergyGrid overload and even '#EcologicalCollapse.' As tech companies set their sights on Indigenous lands, Two Bulls says, 'We’re always the one that ends up having to sacrifice our relationship to land, air, water, our communities and our nonhuman relatives.' "

Read / listen / watch:
https://www.democracynow.org/2026/4/22/krystal_twobulls_indigenous_lands_data_centers

#AirIsLife #WaterIsLife #AISucks #AIDataCenters #CorporateColonialism #ResistAI

'#DataColonialism': Native Communities Fight #AI #DataCenters on #IndigenousLand

#DemocracyNow, April 22, 2026

"The artificial intelligence industry’s #DataCenter boom is the latest chapter in a long history of #EnvironmentalRacism and resource exploitation in vulnerable Native communities, says Oglala Lakota and Northern Cheyenne activist #KrystalTwoBulls, the executive director of #HonorTheEarth, an Indigenous-led #EnvironmentalJustice organization that is tracking over 100 proposed data center projects on tribal and rural lands. We speak to Two Bulls about the myriad impacts of what she calls a 'modern-day iteration' of '#SettlerColonialism,' including #NoisePollution, #cancers and respiratory illnesses, water depletion, #EnergyGrid overload and even '#EcologicalCollapse.' As tech companies set their sights on Indigenous lands, Two Bulls says, 'We’re always the one that ends up having to sacrifice our relationship to land, air, water, our communities and our nonhuman relatives.' "

Read / listen / watch:
https://www.democracynow.org/2026/4/22/krystal_twobulls_indigenous_lands_data_centers

#AirIsLife #WaterIsLife #AISucks #AIDataCenters #CorporateColonialism #ResistAI

"The #artificialIntelligence industry’s #dataCenterBoom is the latest chapter in a long history of #environmentalRacism and resource exploitation in vulnerable Native communities, says Oglala Lakota and Northern Cheyenne activist Krystal Two Bulls, the executive director of Honor the Earth, an #Indigenous -led #environmentalJustice organization that is tracking over 100 proposed data center projects on tribal and rural lands."

https://www.democracynow.org/2026/4/22/krystal_twobulls_indigenous_lands_data_centers
#AI #tech #dataCenters #NativeAmericans

#Protest #EnergyFuels’ #UraniumMines at #LaSal and near the #GrandCanyon!

Saturday, May 16, Noon – #LaSalJunction, 20 miles south of #Moab, #Utah

"Support the #WhiteMesaUte Community and other #NativeNations impacted by #UraniumMining, transportation, and disposal."

Link to flyer PDF:
https://greenaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/515-Uranium-Flyer-.pdf

##NuclearColonialism #WhiteMesa #Ute #UraniumMilling #ProtectWhiteMesa #BlandingUtah #BluffUtah #EnvironmentalActivism
#PinyonPine #Havasupai #IndigenousRights
#NoUranium #ProtectTheSacred #WhiteMesaUraniumMill
#WaterIsLife #DontNukeTheFuture
#NoUraniumMining #NukingTheUte
#UteNation #NoNukes #FourCornersToFukushima #MotherEarth #ProtectMotherEarth
#DefendTheSacred #Environment
#EnvironmentalRacism #NoUraniumMining

#Protest #EnergyFuels’ #UraniumMines at #LaSal and near the #GrandCanyon!

Saturday, May 16, Noon – #LaSalJunction, 20 miles south of #Moab, #Utah

"Support the #WhiteMesaUte Community and other #NativeNations impacted by #UraniumMining, transportation, and disposal."

Link to flyer PDF:
https://greenaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/515-Uranium-Flyer-.pdf

##NuclearColonialism #WhiteMesa #Ute #UraniumMilling #ProtectWhiteMesa #BlandingUtah #BluffUtah #EnvironmentalActivism
#PinyonPine #Havasupai #IndigenousRights
#NoUranium #ProtectTheSacred #WhiteMesaUraniumMill
#WaterIsLife #DontNukeTheFuture
#NoUraniumMining #NukingTheUte
#UteNation #NoNukes #FourCornersToFukushima #MotherEarth #ProtectMotherEarth
#DefendTheSacred #Environment
#EnvironmentalRacism #NoUraniumMining

#Protest #EnergyFuels’ #UraniumMines at #LaSal and near the #GrandCanyon!

Saturday, May 16, Noon – #LaSalJunction, 20 miles south of #Moab, #Utah

"Support the #WhiteMesaUte Community and other #NativeNations impacted by #UraniumMining, transportation, and disposal."

Link to flyer PDF:
https://greenaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/515-Uranium-Flyer-.pdf

##NuclearColonialism #WhiteMesa #Ute #UraniumMilling #ProtectWhiteMesa #BlandingUtah #BluffUtah #EnvironmentalActivism
#PinyonPine #Havasupai #IndigenousRights
#NoUranium #ProtectTheSacred #WhiteMesaUraniumMill
#WaterIsLife #DontNukeTheFuture
#NoUraniumMining #NukingTheUte
#UteNation #NoNukes #FourCornersToFukushima #MotherEarth #ProtectMotherEarth
#DefendTheSacred #Environment
#EnvironmentalRacism #NoUraniumMining

#Protest #EnergyFuels’ #UraniumMines at #LaSal and near the #GrandCanyon!

Saturday, May 16, Noon – #LaSalJunction, 20 miles south of #Moab, #Utah

"Support the #WhiteMesaUte Community and other #NativeNations impacted by #UraniumMining, transportation, and disposal."

Link to flyer PDF:
https://greenaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/515-Uranium-Flyer-.pdf

##NuclearColonialism #WhiteMesa #Ute #UraniumMilling #ProtectWhiteMesa #BlandingUtah #BluffUtah #EnvironmentalActivism
#PinyonPine #Havasupai #IndigenousRights
#NoUranium #ProtectTheSacred #WhiteMesaUraniumMill
#WaterIsLife #DontNukeTheFuture
#NoUraniumMining #NukingTheUte
#UteNation #NoNukes #FourCornersToFukushima #MotherEarth #ProtectMotherEarth
#DefendTheSacred #Environment
#EnvironmentalRacism #NoUraniumMining

#Protest #EnergyFuels’ #UraniumMines at #LaSal and near the #GrandCanyon!

Saturday, May 16, Noon – #LaSalJunction, 20 miles south of #Moab, #Utah

"Support the #WhiteMesaUte Community and other #NativeNations impacted by #UraniumMining, transportation, and disposal."

Link to flyer PDF:
https://greenaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/515-Uranium-Flyer-.pdf

##NuclearColonialism #WhiteMesa #Ute #UraniumMilling #ProtectWhiteMesa #BlandingUtah #BluffUtah #EnvironmentalActivism
#PinyonPine #Havasupai #IndigenousRights
#NoUranium #ProtectTheSacred #WhiteMesaUraniumMill
#WaterIsLife #DontNukeTheFuture
#NoUraniumMining #NukingTheUte
#UteNation #NoNukes #FourCornersToFukushima #MotherEarth #ProtectMotherEarth
#DefendTheSacred #Environment
#EnvironmentalRacism #NoUraniumMining

#Texas quietly approves #Starbase launch site expansion

Brandon Lingle
Tue, March 24, 2026 at 4:48 PM EDT

"The permit allows SpaceX 'to fill over 17 acres of #wetlands and #TidalFlats,' the Corps said. The work 'includes building new infrastructure such as a new entrance road, test and staging pads, water and propellant storage, blast walls, equipment staging areas and internal roadways.' "

Read more:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/texas-quietly-approves-starbase-launch-204822474.html

#CarrizoComecrudo #BocaChicaBeach #SacredLand #ProtectTheSacred #Colonialism #CorporateColonialism #OccupySpaceX #TwoHeartedPeople #GarciaPasture #EndangeredSpecies #EnvironmentalRacism #AncestralLand #ElonSucks #StarbaseCity #BrownsvilleTX

#Texas quietly approves #Starbase launch site expansion

Brandon Lingle
Tue, March 24, 2026 at 4:48 PM EDT

"The permit allows SpaceX 'to fill over 17 acres of #wetlands and #TidalFlats,' the Corps said. The work 'includes building new infrastructure such as a new entrance road, test and staging pads, water and propellant storage, blast walls, equipment staging areas and internal roadways.' "

Read more:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/texas-quietly-approves-starbase-launch-204822474.html

#CarrizoComecrudo #BocaChicaBeach #SacredLand #ProtectTheSacred #Colonialism #CorporateColonialism #OccupySpaceX #TwoHeartedPeople #GarciaPasture #EndangeredSpecies #EnvironmentalRacism #AncestralLand #ElonSucks #StarbaseCity #BrownsvilleTX

#Texas quietly approves #Starbase launch site expansion

Brandon Lingle
Tue, March 24, 2026 at 4:48 PM EDT

"The permit allows SpaceX 'to fill over 17 acres of #wetlands and #TidalFlats,' the Corps said. The work 'includes building new infrastructure such as a new entrance road, test and staging pads, water and propellant storage, blast walls, equipment staging areas and internal roadways.' "

Read more:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/texas-quietly-approves-starbase-launch-204822474.html

#CarrizoComecrudo #BocaChicaBeach #SacredLand #ProtectTheSacred #Colonialism #CorporateColonialism #OccupySpaceX #TwoHeartedPeople #GarciaPasture #EndangeredSpecies #EnvironmentalRacism #AncestralLand #ElonSucks #StarbaseCity #BrownsvilleTX

#Texas quietly approves #Starbase launch site expansion

Brandon Lingle
Tue, March 24, 2026 at 4:48 PM EDT

"The permit allows SpaceX 'to fill over 17 acres of #wetlands and #TidalFlats,' the Corps said. The work 'includes building new infrastructure such as a new entrance road, test and staging pads, water and propellant storage, blast walls, equipment staging areas and internal roadways.' "

Read more:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/texas-quietly-approves-starbase-launch-204822474.html

#CarrizoComecrudo #BocaChicaBeach #SacredLand #ProtectTheSacred #Colonialism #CorporateColonialism #OccupySpaceX #TwoHeartedPeople #GarciaPasture #EndangeredSpecies #EnvironmentalRacism #AncestralLand #ElonSucks #StarbaseCity #BrownsvilleTX

#Texas quietly approves #Starbase launch site expansion

Brandon Lingle
Tue, March 24, 2026 at 4:48 PM EDT

"The permit allows SpaceX 'to fill over 17 acres of #wetlands and #TidalFlats,' the Corps said. The work 'includes building new infrastructure such as a new entrance road, test and staging pads, water and propellant storage, blast walls, equipment staging areas and internal roadways.' "

Read more:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/texas-quietly-approves-starbase-launch-204822474.html

#CarrizoComecrudo #BocaChicaBeach #SacredLand #ProtectTheSacred #Colonialism #CorporateColonialism #OccupySpaceX #TwoHeartedPeople #GarciaPasture #EndangeredSpecies #EnvironmentalRacism #AncestralLand #ElonSucks #StarbaseCity #BrownsvilleTX

Fast-forward to 2026... (And yes, they voted for the expansion, and also just received state approval.)

#ElonMusk’s #Starbase targets protected #Texas coastal lands for expansion

These habitats are critical to the survival of species on the brink.

By Dina Arévalo, Feb 18, 2026

"Texas’ newest city is looking to massively expand its footprint less than a year after residents voted it into existence.

"The city of Starbase — home of Elon Musk’s South Texas-based #SpaceX launch site and just a stone’s throw from the beloved #BocaChica Beach — is seeking to expand its territorial boundaries by thousands of acres. That includes hundreds of acres of protected #wildlands currently owned and managed by either the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department or the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

"Starbase could begin the process to annex 7,133 acres of land that is both publicly and privately owned as soon as this week. On Wednesday, February 18, the Starbase City Commission is set to consider the matter as part of its regular monthly meeting. The 7,100-acre annexation proposal is one of just several items city leaders will deliberate Wednesday; however, the annexation discussion will occur behind closed doors as part of the meeting’s executive session."

Source:
https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/south-texas/article/starbase-texas-7100-acre-annexation-21358092.php

#CarrizoComecrudo #BocaChicaBeach #SacredLand #ProtectTheSacred #Colonialism #CorporateColonialism #OccupySpaceX #TwoHeartedPeople #GarciaPasture #EndangeredSpecies #EnvironmentalRacism #AncestralLand #ElonSucks #StarbaseCity

Fast-forward to 2026... (And yes, they voted for the expansion, and also just received state approval.)

#ElonMusk’s #Starbase targets protected #Texas coastal lands for expansion

These habitats are critical to the survival of species on the brink.

By Dina Arévalo, Feb 18, 2026

"Texas’ newest city is looking to massively expand its footprint less than a year after residents voted it into existence.

"The city of Starbase — home of Elon Musk’s South Texas-based #SpaceX launch site and just a stone’s throw from the beloved #BocaChica Beach — is seeking to expand its territorial boundaries by thousands of acres. That includes hundreds of acres of protected #wildlands currently owned and managed by either the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department or the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

"Starbase could begin the process to annex 7,133 acres of land that is both publicly and privately owned as soon as this week. On Wednesday, February 18, the Starbase City Commission is set to consider the matter as part of its regular monthly meeting. The 7,100-acre annexation proposal is one of just several items city leaders will deliberate Wednesday; however, the annexation discussion will occur behind closed doors as part of the meeting’s executive session."

Source:
https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/south-texas/article/starbase-texas-7100-acre-annexation-21358092.php

#CarrizoComecrudo #BocaChicaBeach #SacredLand #ProtectTheSacred #Colonialism #CorporateColonialism #OccupySpaceX #TwoHeartedPeople #GarciaPasture #EndangeredSpecies #EnvironmentalRacism #AncestralLand #ElonSucks #StarbaseCity

Fast-forward to 2026... (And yes, they voted for the expansion, and also just received state approval.)

#ElonMusk’s #Starbase targets protected #Texas coastal lands for expansion

These habitats are critical to the survival of species on the brink.

By Dina Arévalo, Feb 18, 2026

"Texas’ newest city is looking to massively expand its footprint less than a year after residents voted it into existence.

"The city of Starbase — home of Elon Musk’s South Texas-based #SpaceX launch site and just a stone’s throw from the beloved #BocaChica Beach — is seeking to expand its territorial boundaries by thousands of acres. That includes hundreds of acres of protected #wildlands currently owned and managed by either the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department or the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

"Starbase could begin the process to annex 7,133 acres of land that is both publicly and privately owned as soon as this week. On Wednesday, February 18, the Starbase City Commission is set to consider the matter as part of its regular monthly meeting. The 7,100-acre annexation proposal is one of just several items city leaders will deliberate Wednesday; however, the annexation discussion will occur behind closed doors as part of the meeting’s executive session."

Source:
https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/south-texas/article/starbase-texas-7100-acre-annexation-21358092.php

#CarrizoComecrudo #BocaChicaBeach #SacredLand #ProtectTheSacred #Colonialism #CorporateColonialism #OccupySpaceX #TwoHeartedPeople #GarciaPasture #EndangeredSpecies #EnvironmentalRacism #AncestralLand #ElonSucks #StarbaseCity

Fast-forward to 2026... (And yes, they voted for the expansion, and also just received state approval.)

#ElonMusk’s #Starbase targets protected #Texas coastal lands for expansion

These habitats are critical to the survival of species on the brink.

By Dina Arévalo, Feb 18, 2026

"Texas’ newest city is looking to massively expand its footprint less than a year after residents voted it into existence.

"The city of Starbase — home of Elon Musk’s South Texas-based #SpaceX launch site and just a stone’s throw from the beloved #BocaChica Beach — is seeking to expand its territorial boundaries by thousands of acres. That includes hundreds of acres of protected #wildlands currently owned and managed by either the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department or the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

"Starbase could begin the process to annex 7,133 acres of land that is both publicly and privately owned as soon as this week. On Wednesday, February 18, the Starbase City Commission is set to consider the matter as part of its regular monthly meeting. The 7,100-acre annexation proposal is one of just several items city leaders will deliberate Wednesday; however, the annexation discussion will occur behind closed doors as part of the meeting’s executive session."

Source:
https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/south-texas/article/starbase-texas-7100-acre-annexation-21358092.php

#CarrizoComecrudo #BocaChicaBeach #SacredLand #ProtectTheSacred #Colonialism #CorporateColonialism #OccupySpaceX #TwoHeartedPeople #GarciaPasture #EndangeredSpecies #EnvironmentalRacism #AncestralLand #ElonSucks #StarbaseCity

Fast-forward to 2026... (And yes, they voted for the expansion, and also just received state approval.)

#ElonMusk’s #Starbase targets protected #Texas coastal lands for expansion

These habitats are critical to the survival of species on the brink.

By Dina Arévalo, Feb 18, 2026

"Texas’ newest city is looking to massively expand its footprint less than a year after residents voted it into existence.

"The city of Starbase — home of Elon Musk’s South Texas-based #SpaceX launch site and just a stone’s throw from the beloved #BocaChica Beach — is seeking to expand its territorial boundaries by thousands of acres. That includes hundreds of acres of protected #wildlands currently owned and managed by either the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department or the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

"Starbase could begin the process to annex 7,133 acres of land that is both publicly and privately owned as soon as this week. On Wednesday, February 18, the Starbase City Commission is set to consider the matter as part of its regular monthly meeting. The 7,100-acre annexation proposal is one of just several items city leaders will deliberate Wednesday; however, the annexation discussion will occur behind closed doors as part of the meeting’s executive session."

Source:
https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/south-texas/article/starbase-texas-7100-acre-annexation-21358092.php

#CarrizoComecrudo #BocaChicaBeach #SacredLand #ProtectTheSacred #Colonialism #CorporateColonialism #OccupySpaceX #TwoHeartedPeople #GarciaPasture #EndangeredSpecies #EnvironmentalRacism #AncestralLand #ElonSucks #StarbaseCity

Fast-forward to 2026... (And yes, they voted for the expansion, and also just received state approval.)

#ElonMusk’s #Starbase targets protected #Texas coastal lands for expansion

These habitats are critical to the survival of species on the brink.

By Dina Arévalo, Feb 18, 2026

"Texas’ newest city is looking to massively expand its footprint less than a year after residents voted it into existence.

"The city of Starbase — home of Elon Musk’s South Texas-based #SpaceX launch site and just a stone’s throw from the beloved #BocaChica Beach — is seeking to expand its territorial boundaries by thousands of acres. That includes hundreds of acres of protected #wildlands currently owned and managed by either the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department or the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

"Starbase could begin the process to annex 7,133 acres of land that is both publicly and privately owned as soon as this week. On Wednesday, February 18, the Starbase City Commission is set to consider the matter as part of its regular monthly meeting. The 7,100-acre annexation proposal is one of just several items city leaders will deliberate Wednesday; however, the annexation discussion will occur behind closed doors as part of the meeting’s executive session."

Source:
https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/south-texas/article/starbase-texas-7100-acre-annexation-21358092.php

#CarrizoComecrudo #BocaChicaBeach #SacredLand #ProtectTheSacred #Colonialism #CorporateColonialism #OccupySpaceX #TwoHeartedPeople #GarciaPasture #EndangeredSpecies #EnvironmentalRacism #AncestralLand #ElonSucks #StarbaseCity

Fast-forward to 2026... (And yes, they voted for the expansion, and also just received state approval.)

#ElonMusk’s #Starbase targets protected #Texas coastal lands for expansion

These habitats are critical to the survival of species on the brink.

By Dina Arévalo, Feb 18, 2026

"Texas’ newest city is looking to massively expand its footprint less than a year after residents voted it into existence.

"The city of Starbase — home of Elon Musk’s South Texas-based #SpaceX launch site and just a stone’s throw from the beloved #BocaChica Beach — is seeking to expand its territorial boundaries by thousands of acres. That includes hundreds of acres of protected #wildlands currently owned and managed by either the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department or the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

"Starbase could begin the process to annex 7,133 acres of land that is both publicly and privately owned as soon as this week. On Wednesday, February 18, the Starbase City Commission is set to consider the matter as part of its regular monthly meeting. The 7,100-acre annexation proposal is one of just several items city leaders will deliberate Wednesday; however, the annexation discussion will occur behind closed doors as part of the meeting’s executive session."

Source:
https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/south-texas/article/starbase-texas-7100-acre-annexation-21358092.php

#CarrizoComecrudo #BocaChicaBeach #SacredLand #ProtectTheSacred #Colonialism #CorporateColonialism #OccupySpaceX #TwoHeartedPeople #GarciaPasture #EndangeredSpecies #EnvironmentalRacism #AncestralLand #ElonSucks #StarbaseCity

Fast-forward to 2026... (And yes, they voted for the expansion, and also just received state approval.)

#ElonMusk’s #Starbase targets protected #Texas coastal lands for expansion

These habitats are critical to the survival of species on the brink.

By Dina Arévalo, Feb 18, 2026

"Texas’ newest city is looking to massively expand its footprint less than a year after residents voted it into existence.

"The city of Starbase — home of Elon Musk’s South Texas-based #SpaceX launch site and just a stone’s throw from the beloved #BocaChica Beach — is seeking to expand its territorial boundaries by thousands of acres. That includes hundreds of acres of protected #wildlands currently owned and managed by either the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department or the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

"Starbase could begin the process to annex 7,133 acres of land that is both publicly and privately owned as soon as this week. On Wednesday, February 18, the Starbase City Commission is set to consider the matter as part of its regular monthly meeting. The 7,100-acre annexation proposal is one of just several items city leaders will deliberate Wednesday; however, the annexation discussion will occur behind closed doors as part of the meeting’s executive session."

Source:
https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/south-texas/article/starbase-texas-7100-acre-annexation-21358092.php

#CarrizoComecrudo #BocaChicaBeach #SacredLand #ProtectTheSacred #Colonialism #CorporateColonialism #OccupySpaceX #TwoHeartedPeople #GarciaPasture #EndangeredSpecies #EnvironmentalRacism #AncestralLand #ElonSucks #StarbaseCity

Fast-forward to 2026... (And yes, they voted for the expansion, and also just received state approval.)

#ElonMusk’s #Starbase targets protected #Texas coastal lands for expansion

These habitats are critical to the survival of species on the brink.

By Dina Arévalo, Feb 18, 2026

"Texas’ newest city is looking to massively expand its footprint less than a year after residents voted it into existence.

"The city of Starbase — home of Elon Musk’s South Texas-based #SpaceX launch site and just a stone’s throw from the beloved #BocaChica Beach — is seeking to expand its territorial boundaries by thousands of acres. That includes hundreds of acres of protected #wildlands currently owned and managed by either the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department or the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

"Starbase could begin the process to annex 7,133 acres of land that is both publicly and privately owned as soon as this week. On Wednesday, February 18, the Starbase City Commission is set to consider the matter as part of its regular monthly meeting. The 7,100-acre annexation proposal is one of just several items city leaders will deliberate Wednesday; however, the annexation discussion will occur behind closed doors as part of the meeting’s executive session."

Source:
https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/south-texas/article/starbase-texas-7100-acre-annexation-21358092.php

#CarrizoComecrudo #BocaChicaBeach #SacredLand #ProtectTheSacred #Colonialism #CorporateColonialism #OccupySpaceX #TwoHeartedPeople #GarciaPasture #EndangeredSpecies #EnvironmentalRacism #AncestralLand #ElonSucks #StarbaseCity

Fast-forward to 2026... (And yes, they voted for the expansion, and also just received state approval.)

#ElonMusk’s #Starbase targets protected #Texas coastal lands for expansion

These habitats are critical to the survival of species on the brink.

By Dina Arévalo, Feb 18, 2026

"Texas’ newest city is looking to massively expand its footprint less than a year after residents voted it into existence.

"The city of Starbase — home of Elon Musk’s South Texas-based #SpaceX launch site and just a stone’s throw from the beloved #BocaChica Beach — is seeking to expand its territorial boundaries by thousands of acres. That includes hundreds of acres of protected #wildlands currently owned and managed by either the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department or the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

"Starbase could begin the process to annex 7,133 acres of land that is both publicly and privately owned as soon as this week. On Wednesday, February 18, the Starbase City Commission is set to consider the matter as part of its regular monthly meeting. The 7,100-acre annexation proposal is one of just several items city leaders will deliberate Wednesday; however, the annexation discussion will occur behind closed doors as part of the meeting’s executive session."

Source:
https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/south-texas/article/starbase-texas-7100-acre-annexation-21358092.php

#CarrizoComecrudo #BocaChicaBeach #SacredLand #ProtectTheSacred #Colonialism #CorporateColonialism #OccupySpaceX #TwoHeartedPeople #GarciaPasture #EndangeredSpecies #EnvironmentalRacism #AncestralLand #ElonSucks #StarbaseCity

From 2024: Locals Say #SpaceX Is #Polluting #SacredLand. This Project Aims to Preserve It.

“This wasn’t just something we wanted to do,” said 35-year-old Monica Sosa, who grew up in #BrownsvilleTX, a short drive from #BocaChica Beach. “We felt like we needed to do it.”

by Cat Cardenas October 30, 2024

"Among the #CarrizoComecrudo people of Texas, it is said that the state’s rivers are like ancestors. As they flow toward the sea, they bring their abundance, their beauty, and their knowledge with them. In South Texas, the place where these rivers meet and empty into the Gulf of Mexico is a sacred life source — the location they believe to be the birthplace of the first woman. Today, most Brownsville locals know it as #BocaChicaBeach — a public stretch of sand located at the end of #Highway4, along the southernmost edge of the Texas coast. But to many people outside of the #RioGrandeValley, that land, its name, and its history have largely been swallowed up by the operation of the #RocketLaunch facility just up the road: SpaceX’s #Starbase.

"Growing up a short drive from Boca Chica Beach in Brownsville, 35-year-old Monica Sosa told The Barbed Wire she still remembers it as an escape: a piece of unspoiled coastline that was free for everyone to enjoy. On lazy summer weekends, she and her siblings would hop into her mom’s blue Chevrolet Astro van. The back seats pulled down to make room for more passengers as they stopped to pick up more family. Once there, they’d look forward to hours and hours of endless sunshine, and a cooler packed full of ham and cheese sandwiches, sodas, Cheetos, and fruit.

"As an adult, many of those happy memories have turned bittersweet. The beach, while still free to the public, is frequently plagued by the closure of Highway 4 each time there’s a rocket launch or other 'space flight activities.' And even when it’s open, the construction has fundamentally changed the landscape: There’s a tall metal SpaceX launch and catch pad towering over the once-untouched sand dunes.

" 'Boca Chica was bliss,' Sosa said earlier this month. 'I came from a working class family, and being out there was one of the only times we would come together and play. We’d be in the water, sitting in the sun, running through the lomas (hills), or burying each other in sandcastles. You could spend the whole day out there. But now there’s someone who has the right and the ability to privatize a beach that people have used for decades and decades.'

"SpaceX’s operation in the Rio Grande Valley has been far from smooth. In recent years, they’ve been cited by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for multiple violations of #wastewater regulations and been the subject of multiple legal complaints. The company has disputed these claims as 'factually inaccurate' and has been allowed to continue their operations.

"In April of this year, multiple Valley-based environmental groups filed a lawsuit against the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department over a proposed land swap that would grant 43 acres of #BocaChicaStatePark to #SpaceX in exchange for land near Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge. In addition to their concerns about #pollution, the groups also argued that the land proposed in the swap was sacred to the #CarrizoComecrudoTribe.

" 'SpaceX has always been polluting,' Christopher Basaldú, a member of the Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe told the Texas Tribune, which first reported on the allegations. 'And I think people are kind of brainwashed into thinking that rockets — constructing rockets, testing rockets and blowing up rockets — that somehow that’s not causing pollution.' "

Read more:
https://thebarbedwire.com/2024/10/30/locals-say-spacex-is-polluting-sacred-land-this-project-aims-to-preserve-it/

#ProtectTheSacred #Colonialism
#CorporateColonialism #OccupySpaceX #TwoHeartedPeople #GarciaPasture #EndangeredSpecies #EnvironmentalRacism #AncestralLand #ElonSucks #StarbaseCity

From 2024: Locals Say #SpaceX Is #Polluting #SacredLand. This Project Aims to Preserve It.

“This wasn’t just something we wanted to do,” said 35-year-old Monica Sosa, who grew up in #BrownsvilleTX, a short drive from #BocaChica Beach. “We felt like we needed to do it.”

by Cat Cardenas October 30, 2024

"Among the #CarrizoComecrudo people of Texas, it is said that the state’s rivers are like ancestors. As they flow toward the sea, they bring their abundance, their beauty, and their knowledge with them. In South Texas, the place where these rivers meet and empty into the Gulf of Mexico is a sacred life source — the location they believe to be the birthplace of the first woman. Today, most Brownsville locals know it as #BocaChicaBeach — a public stretch of sand located at the end of #Highway4, along the southernmost edge of the Texas coast. But to many people outside of the #RioGrandeValley, that land, its name, and its history have largely been swallowed up by the operation of the #RocketLaunch facility just up the road: SpaceX’s #Starbase.

"Growing up a short drive from Boca Chica Beach in Brownsville, 35-year-old Monica Sosa told The Barbed Wire she still remembers it as an escape: a piece of unspoiled coastline that was free for everyone to enjoy. On lazy summer weekends, she and her siblings would hop into her mom’s blue Chevrolet Astro van. The back seats pulled down to make room for more passengers as they stopped to pick up more family. Once there, they’d look forward to hours and hours of endless sunshine, and a cooler packed full of ham and cheese sandwiches, sodas, Cheetos, and fruit.

"As an adult, many of those happy memories have turned bittersweet. The beach, while still free to the public, is frequently plagued by the closure of Highway 4 each time there’s a rocket launch or other 'space flight activities.' And even when it’s open, the construction has fundamentally changed the landscape: There’s a tall metal SpaceX launch and catch pad towering over the once-untouched sand dunes.

" 'Boca Chica was bliss,' Sosa said earlier this month. 'I came from a working class family, and being out there was one of the only times we would come together and play. We’d be in the water, sitting in the sun, running through the lomas (hills), or burying each other in sandcastles. You could spend the whole day out there. But now there’s someone who has the right and the ability to privatize a beach that people have used for decades and decades.'

"SpaceX’s operation in the Rio Grande Valley has been far from smooth. In recent years, they’ve been cited by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for multiple violations of #wastewater regulations and been the subject of multiple legal complaints. The company has disputed these claims as 'factually inaccurate' and has been allowed to continue their operations.

"In April of this year, multiple Valley-based environmental groups filed a lawsuit against the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department over a proposed land swap that would grant 43 acres of #BocaChicaStatePark to #SpaceX in exchange for land near Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge. In addition to their concerns about #pollution, the groups also argued that the land proposed in the swap was sacred to the #CarrizoComecrudoTribe.

" 'SpaceX has always been polluting,' Christopher Basaldú, a member of the Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe told the Texas Tribune, which first reported on the allegations. 'And I think people are kind of brainwashed into thinking that rockets — constructing rockets, testing rockets and blowing up rockets — that somehow that’s not causing pollution.' "

Read more:
https://thebarbedwire.com/2024/10/30/locals-say-spacex-is-polluting-sacred-land-this-project-aims-to-preserve-it/

#ProtectTheSacred #Colonialism
#CorporateColonialism #OccupySpaceX #TwoHeartedPeople #GarciaPasture #EndangeredSpecies #EnvironmentalRacism #AncestralLand #ElonSucks #StarbaseCity

From 2024: Locals Say #SpaceX Is #Polluting #SacredLand. This Project Aims to Preserve It.

“This wasn’t just something we wanted to do,” said 35-year-old Monica Sosa, who grew up in #BrownsvilleTX, a short drive from #BocaChica Beach. “We felt like we needed to do it.”

by Cat Cardenas October 30, 2024

"Among the #CarrizoComecrudo people of Texas, it is said that the state’s rivers are like ancestors. As they flow toward the sea, they bring their abundance, their beauty, and their knowledge with them. In South Texas, the place where these rivers meet and empty into the Gulf of Mexico is a sacred life source — the location they believe to be the birthplace of the first woman. Today, most Brownsville locals know it as #BocaChicaBeach — a public stretch of sand located at the end of #Highway4, along the southernmost edge of the Texas coast. But to many people outside of the #RioGrandeValley, that land, its name, and its history have largely been swallowed up by the operation of the #RocketLaunch facility just up the road: SpaceX’s #Starbase.

"Growing up a short drive from Boca Chica Beach in Brownsville, 35-year-old Monica Sosa told The Barbed Wire she still remembers it as an escape: a piece of unspoiled coastline that was free for everyone to enjoy. On lazy summer weekends, she and her siblings would hop into her mom’s blue Chevrolet Astro van. The back seats pulled down to make room for more passengers as they stopped to pick up more family. Once there, they’d look forward to hours and hours of endless sunshine, and a cooler packed full of ham and cheese sandwiches, sodas, Cheetos, and fruit.

"As an adult, many of those happy memories have turned bittersweet. The beach, while still free to the public, is frequently plagued by the closure of Highway 4 each time there’s a rocket launch or other 'space flight activities.' And even when it’s open, the construction has fundamentally changed the landscape: There’s a tall metal SpaceX launch and catch pad towering over the once-untouched sand dunes.

" 'Boca Chica was bliss,' Sosa said earlier this month. 'I came from a working class family, and being out there was one of the only times we would come together and play. We’d be in the water, sitting in the sun, running through the lomas (hills), or burying each other in sandcastles. You could spend the whole day out there. But now there’s someone who has the right and the ability to privatize a beach that people have used for decades and decades.'

"SpaceX’s operation in the Rio Grande Valley has been far from smooth. In recent years, they’ve been cited by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for multiple violations of #wastewater regulations and been the subject of multiple legal complaints. The company has disputed these claims as 'factually inaccurate' and has been allowed to continue their operations.

"In April of this year, multiple Valley-based environmental groups filed a lawsuit against the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department over a proposed land swap that would grant 43 acres of #BocaChicaStatePark to #SpaceX in exchange for land near Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge. In addition to their concerns about #pollution, the groups also argued that the land proposed in the swap was sacred to the #CarrizoComecrudoTribe.

" 'SpaceX has always been polluting,' Christopher Basaldú, a member of the Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe told the Texas Tribune, which first reported on the allegations. 'And I think people are kind of brainwashed into thinking that rockets — constructing rockets, testing rockets and blowing up rockets — that somehow that’s not causing pollution.' "

Read more:
https://thebarbedwire.com/2024/10/30/locals-say-spacex-is-polluting-sacred-land-this-project-aims-to-preserve-it/

#ProtectTheSacred #Colonialism
#CorporateColonialism #OccupySpaceX #TwoHeartedPeople #GarciaPasture #EndangeredSpecies #EnvironmentalRacism #AncestralLand #ElonSucks #StarbaseCity

From 2024: Locals Say #SpaceX Is #Polluting #SacredLand. This Project Aims to Preserve It.

“This wasn’t just something we wanted to do,” said 35-year-old Monica Sosa, who grew up in #BrownsvilleTX, a short drive from #BocaChica Beach. “We felt like we needed to do it.”

by Cat Cardenas October 30, 2024

"Among the #CarrizoComecrudo people of Texas, it is said that the state’s rivers are like ancestors. As they flow toward the sea, they bring their abundance, their beauty, and their knowledge with them. In South Texas, the place where these rivers meet and empty into the Gulf of Mexico is a sacred life source — the location they believe to be the birthplace of the first woman. Today, most Brownsville locals know it as #BocaChicaBeach — a public stretch of sand located at the end of #Highway4, along the southernmost edge of the Texas coast. But to many people outside of the #RioGrandeValley, that land, its name, and its history have largely been swallowed up by the operation of the #RocketLaunch facility just up the road: SpaceX’s #Starbase.

"Growing up a short drive from Boca Chica Beach in Brownsville, 35-year-old Monica Sosa told The Barbed Wire she still remembers it as an escape: a piece of unspoiled coastline that was free for everyone to enjoy. On lazy summer weekends, she and her siblings would hop into her mom’s blue Chevrolet Astro van. The back seats pulled down to make room for more passengers as they stopped to pick up more family. Once there, they’d look forward to hours and hours of endless sunshine, and a cooler packed full of ham and cheese sandwiches, sodas, Cheetos, and fruit.

"As an adult, many of those happy memories have turned bittersweet. The beach, while still free to the public, is frequently plagued by the closure of Highway 4 each time there’s a rocket launch or other 'space flight activities.' And even when it’s open, the construction has fundamentally changed the landscape: There’s a tall metal SpaceX launch and catch pad towering over the once-untouched sand dunes.

" 'Boca Chica was bliss,' Sosa said earlier this month. 'I came from a working class family, and being out there was one of the only times we would come together and play. We’d be in the water, sitting in the sun, running through the lomas (hills), or burying each other in sandcastles. You could spend the whole day out there. But now there’s someone who has the right and the ability to privatize a beach that people have used for decades and decades.'

"SpaceX’s operation in the Rio Grande Valley has been far from smooth. In recent years, they’ve been cited by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for multiple violations of #wastewater regulations and been the subject of multiple legal complaints. The company has disputed these claims as 'factually inaccurate' and has been allowed to continue their operations.

"In April of this year, multiple Valley-based environmental groups filed a lawsuit against the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department over a proposed land swap that would grant 43 acres of #BocaChicaStatePark to #SpaceX in exchange for land near Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge. In addition to their concerns about #pollution, the groups also argued that the land proposed in the swap was sacred to the #CarrizoComecrudoTribe.

" 'SpaceX has always been polluting,' Christopher Basaldú, a member of the Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe told the Texas Tribune, which first reported on the allegations. 'And I think people are kind of brainwashed into thinking that rockets — constructing rockets, testing rockets and blowing up rockets — that somehow that’s not causing pollution.' "

Read more:
https://thebarbedwire.com/2024/10/30/locals-say-spacex-is-polluting-sacred-land-this-project-aims-to-preserve-it/

#ProtectTheSacred #Colonialism
#CorporateColonialism #OccupySpaceX #TwoHeartedPeople #GarciaPasture #EndangeredSpecies #EnvironmentalRacism #AncestralLand #ElonSucks #StarbaseCity

From 2024: Locals Say #SpaceX Is #Polluting #SacredLand. This Project Aims to Preserve It.

“This wasn’t just something we wanted to do,” said 35-year-old Monica Sosa, who grew up in #BrownsvilleTX, a short drive from #BocaChica Beach. “We felt like we needed to do it.”

by Cat Cardenas October 30, 2024

"Among the #CarrizoComecrudo people of Texas, it is said that the state’s rivers are like ancestors. As they flow toward the sea, they bring their abundance, their beauty, and their knowledge with them. In South Texas, the place where these rivers meet and empty into the Gulf of Mexico is a sacred life source — the location they believe to be the birthplace of the first woman. Today, most Brownsville locals know it as #BocaChicaBeach — a public stretch of sand located at the end of #Highway4, along the southernmost edge of the Texas coast. But to many people outside of the #RioGrandeValley, that land, its name, and its history have largely been swallowed up by the operation of the #RocketLaunch facility just up the road: SpaceX’s #Starbase.

"Growing up a short drive from Boca Chica Beach in Brownsville, 35-year-old Monica Sosa told The Barbed Wire she still remembers it as an escape: a piece of unspoiled coastline that was free for everyone to enjoy. On lazy summer weekends, she and her siblings would hop into her mom’s blue Chevrolet Astro van. The back seats pulled down to make room for more passengers as they stopped to pick up more family. Once there, they’d look forward to hours and hours of endless sunshine, and a cooler packed full of ham and cheese sandwiches, sodas, Cheetos, and fruit.

"As an adult, many of those happy memories have turned bittersweet. The beach, while still free to the public, is frequently plagued by the closure of Highway 4 each time there’s a rocket launch or other 'space flight activities.' And even when it’s open, the construction has fundamentally changed the landscape: There’s a tall metal SpaceX launch and catch pad towering over the once-untouched sand dunes.

" 'Boca Chica was bliss,' Sosa said earlier this month. 'I came from a working class family, and being out there was one of the only times we would come together and play. We’d be in the water, sitting in the sun, running through the lomas (hills), or burying each other in sandcastles. You could spend the whole day out there. But now there’s someone who has the right and the ability to privatize a beach that people have used for decades and decades.'

"SpaceX’s operation in the Rio Grande Valley has been far from smooth. In recent years, they’ve been cited by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for multiple violations of #wastewater regulations and been the subject of multiple legal complaints. The company has disputed these claims as 'factually inaccurate' and has been allowed to continue their operations.

"In April of this year, multiple Valley-based environmental groups filed a lawsuit against the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department over a proposed land swap that would grant 43 acres of #BocaChicaStatePark to #SpaceX in exchange for land near Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge. In addition to their concerns about #pollution, the groups also argued that the land proposed in the swap was sacred to the #CarrizoComecrudoTribe.

" 'SpaceX has always been polluting,' Christopher Basaldú, a member of the Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe told the Texas Tribune, which first reported on the allegations. 'And I think people are kind of brainwashed into thinking that rockets — constructing rockets, testing rockets and blowing up rockets — that somehow that’s not causing pollution.' "

Read more:
https://thebarbedwire.com/2024/10/30/locals-say-spacex-is-polluting-sacred-land-this-project-aims-to-preserve-it/

#ProtectTheSacred #Colonialism
#CorporateColonialism #OccupySpaceX #TwoHeartedPeople #GarciaPasture #EndangeredSpecies #EnvironmentalRacism #AncestralLand #ElonSucks #StarbaseCity

2023: #Environmentalists and #NativeAmerican tribe rebuke #SpaceX ahead of historic rocket launch

Opponents of the project say owner #ElonMusk’s space travel aspirations are not worth the risk of a catastrophic explosion.

by Cameron Langford / April 19, 2023

"SpaceX launched a rocket with 33 engines, the most powerful ever built, Thursday morning from its South #Texas port and hailed the test flight as a success, though the rocket and an attached space capsule exploded just four minutes after liftoff.

"The company said in a best-case scenario it would be a 90-minute maiden voyage into space and its first-stage #SuperHeavy rocket would separate from its second-stage #Starship spacecraft about three minutes into the flight, and do a controlled descent into the Gulf of Mexico. And Starship would travel around the globe and land off the coast of Hawaii.

"But with SpaceX livestreaming the event the components failed to separate and the vehicle flipped over before exploding.

"Musk, who also owns Twitter, praised his employees’ work on the project in a Twitter post: 'Congrats @SpaceX team on an exciting test launch of Starship! Learned a lot for next test launch in a few months.'

"Environmental and #CivilRights groups condemned SpaceX’s endeavor in statements Wednesday afternoon, saying they feared an explosion would destroy #EndangeredSpecies’ habitat in a nearby wildlife refuge and that rocket shrapnel could injure area residents.

"But there were no immediate reports of environmental damage or injuries Thursday morning after the explosion.

"Since Elon Musk founded SpaceX in 2002, it has become the world’s premier commercial space business, launching its Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets more than 220 times, making history as the first private firm to send astronauts to the International Space Station and delivering cargo to the International Space Station more than 20 times with its Dragon spacecraft.

Aborted launches and explosions are commonplace for the company as it refines its technology, including a 2019 test flight from its '#Spaceport' in #BocaChica — an unincorporated and sparsely populated village in Cameron County outside #BrownsvilleTX — that started a 100-acre brush fire in the Lower #RioGrandeValley #NationalWildlifeRefuge."

Read more:
https://www.courthousenews.com/environmentalists-and-native-american-tribe-rebuke-spacex-ahead-of-historic-rocket-launch/

#ElonSucks #EnvironmentalRacism #RioGrandeDelta #SacredSites #WildlifeRefuge #ProtectTheSacred #Colonialism #CorporateColonialism
#OccupySpaceX #TwoHeartedPeople #USPol #NativeAmericans #CarrizoComecrudo #AncestralLand #ProtectTheSacred #Pollution #ExplodingRockets