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red dog 1

(33,471 posts) Tue May 19, 2026, 12:53 PM 5 hrs ago

Inspectors discover black waste water being illegally discharged by Tesla Lithium Refinery in Texas.

â€œA Texas Drainage District Walked Its Ditch on a Routine Inspection. They Found a Pipe They Didnâ€™t Recognize Discharging Black Liquid From Teslaâ€™s Billion Lithium Refineryâ€

www.autonocion.com/us/tesla-lit...
— Lenticulus (@lenticulus.bsky.social) 2026-05-19T15:42:52.495Z

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Inspectors discover black waste water being illegally discharged by Tesla Lithium Refinery in Texas. (Original Post) red dog 1 5 hrs ago OP

And sooooo. efhmc 5 hrs ago #1

Being Texas state officials, they hurried to give Elon Musk an award Wicked Blue 5 hrs ago #2

or to ask for one -- to keep things quiet. nt eppur_se_muova 5 hrs ago #3

These tech geniuses won't be satisfied until . . . peggysue2 4 hrs ago #4

They'll reclassify it as "vital nutrients" durablend 4 hrs ago #5

efhmc

(16,991 posts)

1. And sooooo.

Reply to red dog 1 (Original post)

Tue May 19, 2026, 12:55 PM

5 hrs ago

Wicked Blue

(9,020 posts)

2. Being Texas state officials, they hurried to give Elon Musk an award

Reply to red dog 1 (Original post)

Tue May 19, 2026, 12:57 PM

5 hrs ago

eppur_se_muova

(42,513 posts)

3. or to ask for one -- to keep things quiet. nt

Reply to Wicked Blue (Reply #2)

Tue May 19, 2026, 01:00 PM

5 hrs ago

peggysue2

(12,595 posts)

4. These tech geniuses won't be satisfied until . . .

Reply to red dog 1 (Original post)

Tue May 19, 2026, 01:09 PM

4 hrs ago

They strip every resource and turn the country into a toxic waste dump.

Because the laws only apply to the 'little people'.

durablend

(9,371 posts)

5. They'll reclassify it as "vital nutrients"

Reply to red dog 1 (Original post)

Tue May 19, 2026, 01:11 PM

4 hrs ago

And we'll never hear of it again.

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