• Know_not_Scotty_does@lemmy.world
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    There is a great line in the book “The Right Stuff” that says basically that. Houston was a hellhole in the 50s and all that which made ot that way has gotten worse or not gone away since then. All the mercury and dioxins are still in the silt in the San Jascinto river or Galveston Bay, or in your fresh gulf shrimp (sponsored by BP and TransOcean)

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      And they have made further repeals of environmental protective laws here in recent years, courting the likes of SpaceX and AI data centers