Enviros sue over Texas beach closures for SpaceX rocket tests – Reuters

Enviros sue over Texas beach closures for SpaceX rocket tests – Reuters

(Reuters) - Texas environmentalists, upset by frequent beach closures to accommodate tests by Elon Musk's rocket company SpaceX, filed a lawsuit in Cameron County state court that claims the practice violates the state's constitution.

SaveRGV alleges in a Monday complaint that officials' repeated closure of the Boca Chica Beach, an 8-mile stretch of sand near the city of Brownsville, for rocket tests and launches violates their constitutionally guaranteed right to access public beaches in their state.

The lawsuit, which says the beach has been closed to accommodate SpaceX for up to 450 hours per year since 2019, names the Texas General Land Office, its commissioner and Cameron County as defendants.