SpaceX ‘pinky promises’ no bad impacts for Louisiana locals — then forced to backtrack
In a tense meeting, SpaceX managers told locals the massive spaceport won’t affect them at all. Then locals pressed for specifics.
Dean Klinkenberg is the author of The Wild Mississippi: A State-by-State Guide to the River’s Natural Wonders, the Mississippi Valley Traveler guidebooks and the Frank Dodge mystery series. He has been writing about the Mississippi River, its history, culture and river towns since 2007.
For the Ag & Water Desk’s Down the Drain series on wetlands, he wrote a state-by-state guide to visiting public wetlands along the river.
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