South Texas Environmental Justice Network

06/17/2026

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06/15/2026

06/11/2026

Email a comment: Email your public comment to [email protected] before 8:45 am Tuesday, 16 June 2026. Include the agenda item number 4 E in your email comment.

Make a public comment in person: You can request to make a public comment during the commissioner's meeting, but you must show up at the county building (1100 E Monroe St., Brownsville, TX) and sign up by 8:45 am on Tuesday, 16 June 2026.

Make a comment virtually: Email [email protected] before 8:45 am and request to make your public comment virtually through the Zoom meeting. Include the Agenda Item #4 E in your email.

Zoom Meeting ID number: 847 0245 9152
Password: 906461

06/10/2026

Read our press release about our lawsuit today: https://sotxejn.org/2026/06/10/press-release-lawsuit-seeks-to-stop-spacex-land-deal-from-destroying-texas-wildlife-refuge/

Our attorneys are Center for Biological Diversity, and the Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe of Texas is also a party to the lawsuit.

06/10/2026

TODAY: We filed a lawsuit against the US Fish & Wildlife to stop them from giving away 700+ acres of wildlife refuge land to SpaceX.

The lawsuit was filed by the Center for Biological Diversity, and the Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe of Texas is also a party.

For Immediate Release, June 10, 2026 Contact: Laiken Jordahl, Center for Biological Diversity, (928) 525-4433, [email protected]  Bekah Hinojosa, South Texas Environmental Justi…

06/09/2026

URGENT: Call & email the Cameron County commissioners and urge them to (1) grant the community an additional public hearing because two commissioners were absent on June 2, and (2) give the public a 30-day notice of a hearing (Texas Law) and the vote. Moreover, we urge the County to listen to the community and reject a massive, multimillion-dollar tax break for Saronic Technologies, an AI Weapons Boat Manufacturer.

Did you call or email the commissioners?

06/09/2026

Read more about the shady corporation trying to build the America First oil refinery in Brownsville, TX.

It's shameful that the City of Brownsville, TX - Municipal Government and the Port of Brownsville Commission are supporting this oil refinery project.

An obscure Texas firm secretly connected to the president’s son said it received at least $100 million from Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries. At the same time, the Ambani family secured major policy wins from the Trump administration.

06/05/2026

📢Update: Thank you to all who took action ✊🏼Elsa is free but facing legal fees. Use link 🔗 to support and share.

By Frontera Federation

06/04/2026

Urgent, please make calls. Information from Frontera Federation. Bail fund information will be posted soon.

05/28/2026

Saronic Technology, a private AI weapons manufacturer, is begging Cameron County Commissioners for a tax break for the “Port Alpha” project at the Port of Brownsville. Tell Cameron County Commissioners to oppose a tax abatement for Saronic, and to oppose Saronic Technology on both environmental and moral grounds.

Email your public comment to [email protected] before 8:45am Tuesday, 2 June 2026. This is a Public Hearing by the Commissioners Court so you can simply refer to the “Tax Abatement for Saronic Technologies, Port Alpha project." You can refer to agenda item Number 4, Letter D and E, as the items upon which you wish to comment.

You can also request to make a public comment in person or in virtual through Cameron County Zoom meeting, but you must sign up to do so before 8:45am Tuesday 2 June 2026.
To sign up to make a public comment in person, you must sign up on the public comment form before 8:45am or send an email to [email protected] before 8:45am and request to make your public comment in virtual through the Zoom meeting.
Agenda Item #4, D & E
Zoom Meeting ID number: 851 7435 6361
Password: 762406
Will you make a public comment against the tax break on June 2?