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Judge allows SpaceX land swap for more than 700 wildlife-refuge acres in Texas

A federal judge has refused to block a land swap that would give SpaceX more than 700 acres of Texas wildlife refuge land. The company would surrender 683 acres it owns in exchange. Environmental and tribal groups challenged the deal, citing ecological, cultural and historical concerns, but the judge said…

The Times of India

SpaceX moves closer to securing 700 acres of Texas wildlife refuge land after judge allows swap

A federal judge refused to block SpaceX's land swap deal in Texas. Environmental groups are vowing to continue their legal challenge against the exchange. The US Fish and Wildlife Service approved moving forward with the deal in June. The judge found insufficient evidence of ecological risks from the land transfer.…

The Economic Times

Green light for Elon Musk: Federal judge approves Texas land swap between SpaceX and US government

A federal judge has refused to block the Trump administration from giving SpaceX more than 700 acres of wildlife refuge as part of a land swap in Texas

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Exchange of land between SpaceX and federal refuge in Texas OK’d despite conservationists’ objections

The exchange of 715 acres in the Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge for 683 acres of private land is expected to occur Sept. 22.

The Texas Tribune

‘Devastating’: bulldozers plough through Big Bend national park as Trump’s border work pushes ahead

Heavy machinery seen operating in famous Santa Elena Canyon amid outcry over new wall infrastructure in beloved Texas park

The Guardian - US

Border chief defends billion-dollar plan to erect barriers in national park to ward off ‘cartel activity’

Rodney Scott says the controversial project is needed to keep Big Bend National Park ‘safe, secure, and pristine’

The Independent UK

'The court has to intervene now': Indigenous groups and conservationists condemn SpaceX's South Texas land swap

A coalition of environmental and tribal groups filed an emergency injunction to stop a land swap between SpaceX and the federal government, saying courts should rule on its legality.

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Trump administration's border barrier project sparks environmental concerns in Texas national park

The Trump administration’s waiver of environmental laws to speed up border barrier construction in Texas’s Big Bend National Park has sparked an outcry from local residents and authorities.

France 24

Conservation groups sue to stop SpaceX land deal

The groups suing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife want to preserve land that holds an endangered ocelot. They also argue SpaceX's test launches send rocket debris into the refuge lands.

The Texas Tribune

Trump administration waives environmental laws to accelerate border project in Big Bend

This latest effort targets an area encompassing the region’s renowned national and state parks

The Independent UK

Trump Faces Criticism After Allegedly Waiving 31 Environmental Laws for Border Wall Project

The Trump administration faces criticism for waiving environmental laws to expedite border wall construction in South Texas, sparking debate over ecological impacts and federal authority.

International Business Times UK

‘It’s an absolute travesty’: fears for border wildlife as Trump takes office

Environmentalists are braced for new construction on the president’s signature border wall – and the damage that would wreak

The Guardian - US

What ever happened to the border wall Trump promised 8 years ago?

The wall is no longer Trump’s central idea, and it never really slowed migration, but it continues to put lives at risk, cost billions, and harm the environment. And with Trump returning to office, the border wall may take center stage once again, Josh Marcus reports.

The Independent UK

Biden's movable wall is criticized by environmentalists and those who want more border security

The Biden administration’s plan to build new barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border in South Texas calls for a “movable” design that frustrates both environmentalists and advocates of stronger border enforcement

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‘Stabbed in the back’: Biden’s border wall U-turn leaves Indigenous and climate groups reeling

Rio Grande communities feel like the ‘sacrificial lamb’ in a political war as climate activists and environmentalists call foul

The Texas Tribune

Biden administration presses forward with border wall plans in Texas, angering allies

Even as the president says the barriers don’t work, his administration says it will waive environmental laws to build them quickly.

Al Jazeera

US border wall construction damaged Native burial site: Government report

New report has found that efforts to expedite construction came at expense of sensitive ecosystems, Indigenous sites.

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