Environmental justice advocates in Texas aren’t waiting on Biden — or anyone else for that matter — to save them.
Bekah Hinojosa poses outside a planned fracked gas, or so-called liquefied natural gas , export terminal at the Port of Brownsville in South Texas on March 30, 2024. The terminal site is one of two facilities that are still moving forward at the port despite the Biden administration's announced LNG permitting freeze.
“We didn’t get any strong commitments from DOE officials, no clear guidelines or understanding of how long the pause might take, or what exactly they’re going to review,” Hinojosa told“We didn’t get any strong commitments from DOE officials, no clear guidelines or understanding of how long the pause might take, or what exactly they’re going to review.”
“We always knew that FERC was going to disappoint us, and that the DOE was going to keep selling us out,” she tells, adding that she and other Gulf South activists in Brownsville are continuing to scale up their opposition efforts despite being passed over by Biden. “We need a really strong environmental justice network throughout the Gulf to continue to push back together.”
Basaldú says none of the fossil fuel projects going up at the port of Brownsville have meaningfully consulted with the tribe, and he remains highly doubtful the administration’s new review process will include substantive tribal consultation — especially for tribes like the Carrizo/Comecrudo who are not officially recognized on the state or federal level.
Still, the local movement in Brownsville isn’t waiting on the Biden administration, or anyone else for that matter, to save them. The South Texas Environmental Justice Network has gained steam in recent months, receiving grant money to support their first office space downtown while they continue to target the banks, private equity firms, pension funds and insurance companies invested in the terminal projects.
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