1. United States
2. Nev.
3. Letter

Block the transfer of federal land in the Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge to SpaceX, and launch a full investigation into how this deal was approved. The Fish and Wildlife Service is handing over 700 acres of protected wildlife habitat to a company that has already caused documented ecological damage to the area — lost beach access, habitat destruction, and the constant threat of exploding rockets. Elon Musk just became a trillionaire off SpaceX's IPO. He does not need a taxpayer subsidy in the form of irreplaceable public land. The Center for Biological Diversity filed suit to stop this exchange precisely because the agency's own "net conservation benefit" conclusion defies credibility. This refuge spans 103,000 acres along the Texas-Mexico border and contains critical animal habitats and historical landmarks. Rewarding a corporation for damaging an ecosystem by giving it more of that ecosystem is not conservation — it's a giveaway. I want to know who approved this, why, and whether Musk's political influence had anything to do with it.