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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…
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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…
Read MoreLaredo Council Member George Altgelt stands up to political pressure and fights for an ethical Laredo.
The Pescadito dump is not an act in the center ring of Laredo’s political circus. It’s an environmental and economic disaster waiting to happen with a potentially dangerous impact to our health and environment that could affect generations to come. Thanks to Our Laredo, for helping us get the word out on Facebook! And thanks to Council Member George…
Read MoreLaredo City Council formally opposes Pescadito dump
Here’s the video of the Laredo City Council’s action, approving a resolution to oppose the Pescadito dump. Thanks to Our Laredo for posting this video on Facebook.
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Laredo Officials on Record in Opposition to Huge Waste Dump
Laredo Officials on Record in Opposition to Huge Waste Dump Posted May 23rd, 2016 @ 4:42am Opposition is growing to a controversial proposal to construct one of the largest landfills in the nation on a ranch north of Laredo, News Radio 1200 WOAI reports. A citizens group called Citizens Against Laredo Landfill, or CALL, has…
Read MoreLaredo Community College District to consider resolution to OPPOSE the DUMP.
The LCC Board will consider a resolution by Board Member Cynthia Mares to oppose the proposal by Pescadito Environmental Resource Center to construct a landfill in Webb County, in its regularly scheduled meeting, Thursday, May 26, 2016 at 6:00pm in the Elpha Lee West Building, Room 105, at Fort McIntosh Campus, West End Washington Street,…
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