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Public Outcry Forces New Mexico Water Board to Follow the Law
In a dramatic win for transparency, science, and democracy, the New Mexico Water Quality Control Commission (WQCC) voted 7–4 yesterday to vacate its July 8 vote that had advanced an oil-and-gas-funded petition seeking to allow discharge of “treated” fracking waste into New Mexico’s lands and waterways.
Court Blocks Texas School District from Finalizing ExxonMobil Tax Abatement
On Aug. 19, Calhoun County District Court Judge Bauknight granted a conditional injunction to prevent Calhoun County Independent School District (CCISD) from taking final action to approve the tax abatement requested by ExxonMobil Corporation.
Chubb Drops Rio Grande LNG Insurance
The insurance giant dropped the proposed controversial methane gas project after months of organizing from community members, including the Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe, whose sacred sites would be desecrated by the project.