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Read MoreFEDERAL COURT DISMISSES DUMP DEVELOPER’S LAWSUIT AGAINST CITY OF LAREDO
LAREDO – The United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas has officially dismissed the lawsuit brought by dump developer Rancho Viejo Waste Management against the City of Laredo stemming from the City Council’s May 16, 2016 resolution to oppose the Pescadito Environmental Resource Center (“the dump”). Once again, Rancho Viejo was flatly…
Read MoreDUMP LOBBYIST DISCIPLINED BY TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION; RECEIVES “SLAP ON THE WRIST.”
Despite the efforts of thousands of concerned citizens and glaring deficiencies, someone at the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality declared the application for the proposed Pescadito dump technically complete and directly referred the application to the State Office of Administrative Hearings (SOAH) for a contested case hearing without allowing the TCEQ Commissioners to rule on…
Read MoreAustin 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…
Read MoreUS and Mexican feds deal blow to Pescadito’s permit chances
The International Boundary and Water Commission has formally submitted comments to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality expressing its concerns over the proposed Pescadito dump in Webb County. These concerns come in light of new information which was brought to light by Webb County at the August 11, public meeting. As we have reported, TCEQ…
Read MoreComment period extended! Speak up NOW!
View the entire TCEQ public meeting, August 11, 2016. Thanks to you, our petition AGAINST the DUMP has now surpassed 10,000 signatures. And thank you for your robust support at the TCEQ public meeting. The agency announced before the meeting that there were some issues with the PERC permit application and that it would be…
Read MoreTCEQ Public Meeting TONIGHT!
Informational 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 MoreInformational 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…
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