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Austin Lobbyist attacks Laredo!

At the May 1 public meeting at TAMIU, an Austin lobbyist attacked one of Laredo’s elected representatives. In the first few minutes of the TCEQ meeting, Glenn Shankle, an Austin-based lobbyist for the Pescadito toxic waste landfill, launched shocking, unprovoked and personal attacks on State Senator Judith Zaffirini (D-Laredo). Lobbyist Shankle implied that state legislators…

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Texans blast TCEQ staff for advancing floodplain landfill for foreign and out-of-state toxic waste

Neighbors, officials ask elected and TCEQ leaders to kill floodplain landfill before it’s too late SOUTH TEXAS – Late one recent Friday afternoon, the staff of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) quietly granted preliminary approval of a proposed landfill for Mexican and out-of-state waste to be developed in a Texas floodplain just miles…

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Setbacks mount for Pescadito landfill project

By Taryn T. Walters LAREDO MORNING TIMES Published June 18, 2017 While a local family proposing the creation of a landfill and recycling facility in Webb County received some setbacks in the past several months, Carlos “C.Y.” Benavides III says that won’t deter from their determination to move forward with the project. In recent months,…

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