Environmental groups vow to continue opposition to deal that would expand site for Elon Musk rocket company<\/p>\n
A federal judge on Monday refused to block the Trump administration from giving SpaceX more than 700 acres of wildlife refuge as part of a land swap in Texas, while environmental groups vowed to continue their legal challenge.<\/p>\n
US district judge Fernando Rodriguez Jr declined the plaintiffs\u2019 request for a preliminary injunction to prevent the parcel exchange, saying they failed to prove it would worsen ecological risks to a Gulf coast region already transformed by billionaire Elon Musk\u2019s rocket operations.<\/p>\n
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