Texas Company Seeks To Renew Permit To Continue To Destroy The Big Cypress National Preserve

Texas oil company Burnett Oil has asked state environmental regulators to allow crews to resume their hunt for oil beneath Big Cypress National Preserve despite deep muddy ruts and damaged trees left behind by the company's earlier work in the spring. here

Feds Clear The Way For Texas To Destroy The Everglades

A federal judge cleared the way for a Texas company to expand oil exploration in the Big Cypress National Preserve. The destruction has already begun. They’re cutting down trees and creating ruts. You can see the impacts on the soil and those do not go away. There will be lasting impacts on a large portion 

of the preserve. here

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