Regulators were considering a proposal Tuesday night to expand a landfill in a Black community, which Bob Bullard told them was a “classic example” of environmental racism.
The landfill under discussion sits near the intersection of Beltway 8 and Tanner Road,had its own school during segregationA 10-acre landfill was first permitted there 45 years ago. Company officials want to connect and build the existing newer portions there so they can operate for another 46 years.
He repeatedly told the riled-up crowd they wouldn’t see the additional trash from different vantage points in the community. But it didn’t elude him that the neighbors weren’t swallowing the simulated images of the project he was showing.Signs of notice to obtain a solid waste permit are placed near the Hawthorne Park Landfill Monday, June 27, 2022 in Houston.Texas Rep. Jarvis Johnson, who is Black, told the Waste Management officials: “Don’t spit on me and call it rain.
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