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Recent Developments & In the News

 

May 24, 2023- Read the Sierra Club Press Release "Organizations  Challenge FERC for Approving Several LNG Projects in the Rio Grande Valley and Southwest Louisiana"

Our Open Beaches Lawsuit Appeal is now in the 13th District Court Appellants’ attorney is assessing whether reply briefs are necessary. If they are necessary, June 1, 2023 is the deadline for Appellants – SaveRGV, Sierra Club, and Carrizo Comecrudo – to reply to Appellees’ briefs. Appellees are Cameron County, General Land Office, and Texas Attorney General, who have all filed their responsive brief to Appellants’ initial briefs. View Brief Here.

 

May 22, 2023 Vecinos para el Bienestar de la Comunidad Costera, Sierra Club, City of Port Isabel, and the Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe of Texas  request rehearing of Rio Grande LNG, LLC, Order on Remand and Amending Section 7 Certificate, 183 FERC ¶ 61,046, Dkt. Nos. CP16-454 etc. (Apr. 21, 2023) The FERC document can be viewed at https://elibrary.ferc.gov/eLibrary/docinfo?accession_num=20230522-5217 

 

May 1, 2023–  Save RGV et. al. filed suit against the FAA for violations of the National Environmental Policy Act by approving the launch permit for SpaceX Starship/Super Heavy at Boca Chica without doing a full Environmental Impact Statement. Read the file stamped petition HERE and the Press Release HERE. Media coverage can be accessed in links below.

 

The April 21, 2023 177-page FERC Order to Rio Grande LNG is available at:

https://elibrary.ferc.gov/eLibrary/filelist?accession_num=20230421-3056.


Save RGV has been opposed to LNG in the RGV for almost 10 years now. 

This article ran back in 2015 and is as current now as it was then.  Polluters and liars don’t change!

https://riograndeguardian.com/herweck-lng-companies-answer-rgv-residents-safety-concerns-with-parlor-tricks

 

ENVIRONMENT

From license to lawsuit–the first 18 days since SpaceX got its hands on the FAA launch approval

Published Tuesday, May 2, 2023

from the Rio Grande Valley

https://pablodelarosa.com/faa-license-starship-spacex-lawsuit/?fbclid=IwAR2CRBy6JGF_6s3Xr7uIhxBH7H1C6nZDp8Y2OY3wgmlm_gJY8E-JWY-XfZ4
 

Federal agency failed to weigh possible environmental impacts of SpaceX rocket launch, lawsuit claims

Environmental groups claim the Federal Aviation Administration let SpaceX do its own environmental assessment before its rocket self-destructed above the Texas coast and debris rained down over a wide area.

BY ALEJANDRA MARTINEZ MAY 2, 20231 PM CENTRAL

 

https://www.texastribune.org/2023/05/02/texas-spacex-lawsuit-faa-environmental-pollution/?utm_campaign=trib-social&utm_content=1683053587&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&fbclid=IwAR0VghnaiJUR_ykwsxMtiS1qA6SZ8b5fq2eUTkAZ3U9xIzPOwBkErmMOhFk
 

LOCAL NEWS

Environmental groups sue FAA over Starship launch

by: Natasha Trindade

Posted: May 1, 2023 / 07:10 PM CDT

Updated: May 2, 2023 / 10:21 AM CDT

 

https://www.valleycentral.com/news/local-news/environmental-organizations-sue-faa-over-starship-launch/

Technology & Entrepreneurship
Rio Grande Valley groups fight to keep SpaceX non-disclosure agreements private

Texas Public Radio | By Erin Sheridan

Published April 24, 2023 at 2:21 PM CDT
 

https://www.tpr.org/technology-entrepreneurship/2023-04-24/spacex-nda-foia-rgv-brownsville-cameron-county-bpub-utrgv

State News
SpaceX, FAA challenged over RGV environmental damage. Jim Chapman, Save RGV board member Guest Speaker

 

https://www.tpr.org/podcast/the-source/2023-05-03/spacex-challenged-over-rgv-environmental-damage

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