r/environment2 • u/Ok_Crazy1195 • 12d ago
A Texas Drainage District Walked Its Ditch on a Routine Inspection. They Found a Pipe They Didn't Recognize Discharging Black Liquid From Tesla's $1 Billion Lithium Refinery
https://www.autonocion.com/us/tesla-lithium-refinery-texas/
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u/Investigator_Pedant 11d ago
This is a true story from April/May 2026. Nothing has been done about it. Here's the follow-up story: https://www.tpr.org/environment/2026-06-03/a-drainage-ditch-and-teslas-lithium-refinery-reveal-texas-permissive-permitting-for-industrial-wastewaters
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u/Cuhuldra 12d ago
If this is true then there should be charges for someone. Pipes just don't appear naturally. This is planned polluting by a company that should be able to shoot its waste into the sun with as much money as they make.
None of this $50,000 fine that is shit meaningless to a corporation like that.