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‘We’re a democracy’: Residents fight to be heard on SpaceX
Local residents and environmental advocates raise concerns as the FAA proposes rolling back environmental impact assessments for a SpaceX project, potentially threatening coastal lands and local investments.
When Wayne Miller, assistant chief of the Pecan Island Volunteer Fire Department, spotted survey crews taking soil samples in the area on Aug. 10, he suspected they might be testing the strength of the marshland to determine the best spot to build an aerospace facility. And finally, he had somewhere beyond the front porch to take his concerns — StopSpaceX. The group was formed in early August, after months of increasingly believable rumors that …