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East Texas group seeks to stop out-of-state waste
  • Terry Allen of Shelby County addresses a meeting in Elysian Fields last week that was held to strategize how to prevent McBride Operating from opening new oil and gasfield solid waste disposal sites in the area. David Danley | Light and Champion
    Terry Allen of Shelby County addresses a meeting in Elysian Fields last week that was held to strategize how to prevent McBride Operating from opening new oil and gasfield solid waste disposal sites in the area. David Danley | Light and Champion
  • Terry Allen is interviewed by KTAL reporter Lynn Vance at the Elysian Fields meeting. Media all across the state and beyond are starting to report on the grassroots efforts to oppose the opening and operating of certain solid waste disposal sites claimed to be sources of groundwater contamination. David Danley | Light and Champion
    Terry Allen is interviewed by KTAL reporter Lynn Vance at the Elysian Fields meeting. Media all across the state and beyond are starting to report on the grassroots efforts to oppose the opening and operating of certain solid waste disposal sites claimed to be sources of groundwater contamination. David Danley | Light and Champion
    Refusing to be complacent, concerned citizens from several East Texas counties, including Shelby County, met last week in Elysian Fields to formulate a plan of action to combat the potential contamination of the region’s groundwater by McBride Operating, the operator of two oil and gasfield solid waste disposal sites in the area.McBride has been cited by the Railroad Commission for doz...

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