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US government set to transfer large tract of nature reserve land to Starbase
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Space X is set to launch a record-breaking IPO on Friday. But it's the company's rocket launches that are concerning critics in its home state of Texas. The US government is set to give Space X some 280 hectares of land that are currently part of a wildlife refuge near its Starbase facility in South Texas, in exchange for land the company owns farther north. Environmental groups are suing to stop the swap – saying Starbase's expansion threatens both biodiversity and local communities' beach access.
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