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  1. Grand Bahama International MYGF → Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International KFLL

    After the quick detour to the Bahamas, I’m back in Florida. The approach into Fort Lauderdale came in from the east, flying directly over the airport. After a 180-degree turn over the Everglades, I then lined up for landing. As in the days before, there were strong crosswinds 🤷‍♂️

    #FlightSim #MSFS #Bahamas #Freeport #Florida #FortLauderdale #Cessna #Citation #CJ4

  2. Grand Bahama International MYGF → Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International KFLL

    After the quick detour to the Bahamas, I’m back in Florida. The approach into Fort Lauderdale came in from the east, flying directly over the airport. After a 180-degree turn over the Everglades, I then lined up for landing. As in the days before, there were strong crosswinds 🤷‍♂️

    #FlightSim #MSFS #Bahamas #Freeport #Florida #FortLauderdale #Cessna #Citation #CJ4

  3. Grand Bahama International MYGF → Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International KFLL

    After the quick detour to the Bahamas, I’m back in Florida. The approach into Fort Lauderdale came in from the east, flying directly over the airport. After a 180-degree turn over the Everglades, I then lined up for landing. As in the days before, there were strong crosswinds 🤷‍♂️

    #FlightSim #MSFS #Bahamas #Freeport #Florida #FortLauderdale #Cessna #Citation #CJ4

  4. Grand Bahama International MYGF → Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International KFLL

    After the quick detour to the Bahamas, I’m back in Florida. The approach into Fort Lauderdale came in from the east, flying directly over the airport. After a 180-degree turn over the Everglades, I then lined up for landing. As in the days before, there were strong crosswinds 🤷‍♂️

    #FlightSim #MSFS #Bahamas #Freeport #Florida #FortLauderdale #Cessna #Citation #CJ4

  5. Vero Beach Regional KVRB → Grand Bahama International MYGF

    A few miles east of Florida lie the Bahamas. Since I’m already in the area, I thought a quick detour there would definitely be worth it. And it was.

    #FlightSim #MSFS #Florida #VeroBeach #Bahamas #Freeport #Daher #TBM

  6. texasobserver.org/brazos-river

    >What’s more, Dow-Freeport is operating with a wastewater permit that expired in 2019 but has been “administratively continued” by TCEQ, according to an agency spokesperson. That means Dow is allowed to follow outdated rules while a TCEQ review of the facility’s new draft permit drags on.
    >
    >“It is concerning that this is coming up on five years, which is, frankly, the length of time a new permit would have been,” said Josh Kratka, a senior staff attorney at the National Environmental Law Center. While Kratka doesn’t know what’s transpiring between Dow and TCEQ specifically, he explained that many companies try to convince regulators that they can’t reasonably comply with pollution limits in order to delay enforcement. “Rather than really crack down, enforcing a solution quickly, the regulators just give them more time,” he said.

    This article was written in 2023. So far as I can tell, the permit in question, WQ0000007000, was originally granted in 1978. Its latest "approval date" is from 2016, and its latest "expiration date" is... STILL 2019. And yet the permit is still "active" rather than expired.

    You can check at: www6.tceq.texas.gov/wqpaq/inde

    Put in "WQ0000007000" for the State Permit No., click Add, then click Search.

    (Sidenote: still using ColdFusion? In 2025? Damn).

    Ouch.

    #TexasObserver @TexasObserver #BrazosRiver #Brazos #Brazoria #Texas #TCEQ #FreePort #CleanWaterAct #CleanWater

  7. texasobserver.org/brazos-river

    >What’s more, Dow-Freeport is operating with a wastewater permit that expired in 2019 but has been “administratively continued” by TCEQ, according to an agency spokesperson. That means Dow is allowed to follow outdated rules while a TCEQ review of the facility’s new draft permit drags on.
    >
    >“It is concerning that this is coming up on five years, which is, frankly, the length of time a new permit would have been,” said Josh Kratka, a senior staff attorney at the National Environmental Law Center. While Kratka doesn’t know what’s transpiring between Dow and TCEQ specifically, he explained that many companies try to convince regulators that they can’t reasonably comply with pollution limits in order to delay enforcement. “Rather than really crack down, enforcing a solution quickly, the regulators just give them more time,” he said.

    This article was written in 2023. So far as I can tell, the permit in question, WQ0000007000, was originally granted in 1978. Its latest "approval date" is from 2016, and its latest "expiration date" is... STILL 2019. And yet the permit is still "active" rather than expired.

    You can check at: www6.tceq.texas.gov/wqpaq/inde

    Put in "WQ0000007000" for the State Permit No., click Add, then click Search.

    (Sidenote: still using ColdFusion? In 2025? Damn).

    Ouch.

    #TexasObserver @TexasObserver #BrazosRiver #Brazos #Brazoria #Texas #TCEQ #FreePort #CleanWaterAct #CleanWater

  8. texasobserver.org/brazos-river

    >What’s more, Dow-Freeport is operating with a wastewater permit that expired in 2019 but has been “administratively continued” by TCEQ, according to an agency spokesperson. That means Dow is allowed to follow outdated rules while a TCEQ review of the facility’s new draft permit drags on.
    >
    >“It is concerning that this is coming up on five years, which is, frankly, the length of time a new permit would have been,” said Josh Kratka, a senior staff attorney at the National Environmental Law Center. While Kratka doesn’t know what’s transpiring between Dow and TCEQ specifically, he explained that many companies try to convince regulators that they can’t reasonably comply with pollution limits in order to delay enforcement. “Rather than really crack down, enforcing a solution quickly, the regulators just give them more time,” he said.

    This article was written in 2023. So far as I can tell, the permit in question, WQ0000007000, was originally granted in 1978. Its latest "approval date" is from 2016, and its latest "expiration date" is... STILL 2019. And yet the permit is still "active" rather than expired.

    You can check at: www6.tceq.texas.gov/wqpaq/inde

    Put in "WQ0000007000" for the State Permit No., click Add, then click Search.

    (Sidenote: still using ColdFusion? In 2025? Damn).

    Ouch.

    #TexasObserver @TexasObserver #BrazosRiver #Brazos #Brazoria #Texas #TCEQ #FreePort #CleanWaterAct #CleanWater

  9. texasobserver.org/brazos-river

    >What’s more, Dow-Freeport is operating with a wastewater permit that expired in 2019 but has been “administratively continued” by TCEQ, according to an agency spokesperson. That means Dow is allowed to follow outdated rules while a TCEQ review of the facility’s new draft permit drags on.
    >
    >“It is concerning that this is coming up on five years, which is, frankly, the length of time a new permit would have been,” said Josh Kratka, a senior staff attorney at the National Environmental Law Center. While Kratka doesn’t know what’s transpiring between Dow and TCEQ specifically, he explained that many companies try to convince regulators that they can’t reasonably comply with pollution limits in order to delay enforcement. “Rather than really crack down, enforcing a solution quickly, the regulators just give them more time,” he said.

    This article was written in 2023. So far as I can tell, the permit in question, WQ0000007000, was originally granted in 1978. Its latest "approval date" is from 2016, and its latest "expiration date" is... STILL 2019. And yet the permit is still "active" rather than expired.

    You can check at: www6.tceq.texas.gov/wqpaq/inde

    Put in "WQ0000007000" for the State Permit No., click Add, then click Search.

    (Sidenote: still using ColdFusion? In 2025? Damn).

    Ouch.

    #TexasObserver @TexasObserver #BrazosRiver #Brazos #Brazoria #Texas #TCEQ #FreePort #CleanWaterAct #CleanWater

  10. texasobserver.org/brazos-river

    >What’s more, Dow-Freeport is operating with a wastewater permit that expired in 2019 but has been “administratively continued” by TCEQ, according to an agency spokesperson. That means Dow is allowed to follow outdated rules while a TCEQ review of the facility’s new draft permit drags on.
    >
    >“It is concerning that this is coming up on five years, which is, frankly, the length of time a new permit would have been,” said Josh Kratka, a senior staff attorney at the National Environmental Law Center. While Kratka doesn’t know what’s transpiring between Dow and TCEQ specifically, he explained that many companies try to convince regulators that they can’t reasonably comply with pollution limits in order to delay enforcement. “Rather than really crack down, enforcing a solution quickly, the regulators just give them more time,” he said.

    This article was written in 2023. So far as I can tell, the permit in question, WQ0000007000, was originally granted in 1978. Its latest "approval date" is from 2016, and its latest "expiration date" is... STILL 2019. And yet the permit is still "active" rather than expired.

    You can check at: www6.tceq.texas.gov/wqpaq/inde

    Put in "WQ0000007000" for the State Permit No., click Add, then click Search.

    (Sidenote: still using ColdFusion? In 2025? Damn).

    Ouch.

    #TexasObserver @TexasObserver #BrazosRiver #Brazos #Brazoria #Texas #TCEQ #FreePort #CleanWaterAct #CleanWater

  11. At #PMQs Sharon Hodgson, uses parliamentary privilege to say the MP for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland Simon Clarke and Michael Gove MP, the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, are both receiving 'donations' from Ian Waller a man who is backing and will gain from TeeSide #FreePort

    (Waller is a director and shareholder of Northern Land Management, a company that has a 25% stake in Teesworks Ltd.)

    #Corruption
    #Backhanders

    more details here ...

    yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/polit

  12. Not sure how giving #Teeside #Freeport contracts to #p&oferries punishes them for not paying the UK wages or abiding by UK employment laws this seems opposite to what was said about the investigation of the company’s flouting of employment regulations. Sacking of its UK staff is a massive 2 fingers up to human rights & is high risk strategy post Zeebruge #Guardian theguardian.com/business/2022/

  13. CW: #SNP #Greenwash #freeports

    Scottish Government reveals Scotland's first 'green freeports' | The National

    Just look at the comments beneath the paywall & be afraid …be very afraid!

    When is a #freeport a #TrojanHorse for dangerous #deregulation and #corporate control?
    …when it’s a #green #Freeport.

    #RaceToTheBottom #CorporateCapture #Babcock #Nuclear #Decomissioning #submarines
    @ruskell ?
    thenational.scot/news/23248041

  14. @fulelo This is an interrelated play to normalise the prospect of #CharterCities isn't it? King Peter is the marketing man for the #FreePort 'movement'.