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Tag: Toxic waste

Paul Baumann's property, owned by his family for generations, is directly next to a proposed drilling waste dump in the small town of Nordheim. He, along with other concerned citizens, are protesting the dump as they fear it will pollute and ruin their way of life. Photo by Callie Richmond, courtesy of the Texas Tribune.
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Tiny Nordheim Sues State Over Drilling Waste Dump

by Jim Malewitz August 3, 2016January 9, 2018

A tiny South Texas town is continuing to fight plans for an oil and gas waste site half its size, even after state regulators gave developers the go-ahead to build it. A citizen’s group in Nordheim – population 316 at last count – is suing the Texas Railroad Commission, challenging the petroleum regulator’s decision to […]

Alejandro Obrégon and his wife, Rocio, stand in front of their home near the site of a landfill proposed by developer C. Y. Benavides, about 20 miles east of Laredo. Their daughter, Abigail, is at right. Photo by Robin Jerstad, courtesy of the Texas Tribune.
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Laredo Residents Oppose Toxic Landfill Proposal

aneri pattani by Aneri Pattani, The Texas Tribune August 2, 2016January 9, 2018
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