SpaceX accused of dumping polluted Starship wastewater in Texas for years
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The bombshell allegations may violate the EPA's Clean Water Act.

SpaceX’s Starship launches at the company’s Starbase facility near Boca Chica, Texas, have allegedly been contaminating local bodies of water with mercury for years. The news arrives in an exclusive CNBCreport on August 12, which cites internal documents and communications between local Texas regulators and the Environmental Protection Agency.

SpaceX’s fourth Starship test launch in June was its most successful so far—but the world’s largest and most powerful rocket ever built continues to wreak havoc on nearby Texas communities, wildlife, and ecosystems. But after repeated admonishments, reviews, and ignored requests, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) have had enough.

  • NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world
    51·
    3 months ago

    Wow.

    I wonder what CNBC is gonna say about that.

    That’s pretty embarrassing if that’s what happened partially triggering this article.

    Also that poor person who wrote the report up is probably going to get an earful too now.

    • threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      3 months ago

      I wonder what CNBC is gonna say about that.

      If they have integrity, they’ll issue a retraction/correction. However, I do not have high hopes.

      that poor person who wrote the report up is probably going to get an earful.

      LOL, yeah. I bet they never expected their report to get blown out of proportion to this extent.