The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans on dredging a superfund site in order to complete a massive Gulf Coast terminal for oil tankers. Originally published by insideclimate: GulfCoast Oil
This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, independent news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. It is republished with permission. Sign up for their newsletter here. Federal authorities have outlined a path forward for controversial plans to dredge a canal for oil tankers through a Superfund site on the Texas coast despite persistent environmental concerns. In a presentation Tuesday night in a hotel conference room here, officials from the U.
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