Residents near waste disposal facility fight permit renewal, company says it follows strict rules
Residents near waste disposal facility fight permit renewal, company says it follows strict rules
and last updated 2021-02-19 10:06:03-05
ORANGE GROVE, Texas â Allen Green leaned on a two-rail fence, staring past his 20 cows toward the sound of rumbling truck motors a quarter-mile west. The wind had shifted. The air was finally breathable. An hour earlier, it reeked of putrid oil and gas waste, maybe sewer gas. He had no way of knowing. The smell had been so sickening that Green even put his dogs inside.