Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Delays Vote on SpaceX Land Swap

Published on January 29, 2024

Commissioners for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) recently postponed making a decision on a proposed land swap with SpaceX. Billionaire Elon Musk’s SpaceX wants to acquire 43 acres of Boca Chica State Park along the southernmost Gulf Coast in exchange for 477 acres near Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge. The Texas-based space exploration company wants to use the acreage to expand its Starbase operations and rocket tests in Cameron County in the Rio Grande Valley. The transaction was scheduled for a vote on Jan. 25, but the agenda item was pulled a day earlier after some area residents and environmental groups, including the Sierra Club, urged the state commissioners to hold off....

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Fostering National Pride and Unity Will Deter Foreign Interference in Canada

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