Posts by Herb
The Texas Tribune: “Toxic Landfill Plan Near Colonia Raises Racism Charges”
Toxic Landfill Plan Near Colonia Raises Racism Charges by Aneri Pattani, The Texas Tribune Aug. 2, 2016 LAREDO — Since Alejandro Obregón moved to a colonia along the Texas-Mexico border 20 years ago, he has fought for basic necessities like clean water and paved roads. Now a private developer wants to build a landfill just a…
Read MoreInformational Meeting TONIGHT!
We will be hosting an informational meeting TONIGHT AT 6:30pm at the Embassy Suites. We will answer your questions and talk about the things we can do to STOP the DUMP! Come join the thousands who have signed our petition (nearly 8,000 so far) and hundreds who have commented to TCEQ online, and stand in…
Read MoreNew TV Commercial — “The 64 Million Dollar Question”
Informational Meeting set Aug. 1, 6:30pm at Embassy Suites
Engineers and environmental justice experts will answer your questions about the proposed TOXIC DUMP and what you can do to stop it! Monday, Aug. 1, 6:30pm at the Embassy Suites. This informational meeting is intended to give the people of Laredo and Webb County and opportunity to ask questions and gather facts about the proposed…
Read MoreCALL petition signing drive at Mall del Norte, July 9-10
Come join us this Saturday and Sunday at Mall del Norte. Learn the real facts and the ugly truth about the proposed Pescadito toxic waste dump. Please ask your questions. We want to make sure you know what the developers have in store for us. Please, join the thousands who have already stood up against…
Read MoreCALL Releases New Video — “They’ll Promise You Heaven.”
Senator Zaffirini Announces Public Meeting Regarding Pescadito Landfill
Aug. 11 Meeting is Opportunity for the Public to Interact with Landfill Developer, State Agency (AUSTIN) —The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) will hold a public meeting focusing on the proposed Pescadito landfill in Webb County at 7pm Thursday, Aug. 11, at the Casa Blanca Event Center, 5400 East Saunders Street / US Hwy.…
Read MoreDump developer tries to restrict access to public hearing. We CALL on Webb County to keep the hearing in Laredo.
Carlos “CY” Benavides III, the developer behind the failed Camino Colombia toll road whose Rancho Viejo Waste Management is trying to obtain a permit for a toxic waste dump in Webb County, has asked that the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) conducts its one and only public hearing on his proposed Pescadito dump at…
Read MoreCALL Releases New TV Spots
Texas Floods Show Health Risks of Allowing Toxic Dump to be Built in Floodplain
If permitted by TX, floodplain dump could accept 10k tons/day of coal ash, pollution sludge and toxic waste from Mexico and beyond JUNE 6 – Historic Texas rains and flooding prove why state leaders should kill a massive toxic waste dump planned for a South Texas floodplain just miles from regional water supplies. The 953-acre…
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