Tag Archives: FERC
Protested Big Bend Pipeline Now Closer to Approval
Editor’s Note: This story has been updated with a statement from an Energy Transfer Partners spokeswoman. A coalition of ranchers, environmentalists and disgruntled landowners has suffered a major setback in its battle to block a proposed pipeline that would carry natural … Continue reading
Feds Release Environmental Assessment of Pipeline Border Crossing
This story has been updated to include a comment from Energy Transfer, the pipeline company. Correction (March 23, 2016): a previous version of this story – along with an earlier story – stated that federal regulators would decide on the border … Continue reading
Around The Bend Of The Rio Grande, A Proposed Pipeline Stirs Turmoil
This story originally appeared on NPR’s All Things Considered on August 6, 2015. You can find more of our local coverage of this story here. Oil and gas are part of the Texas DNA. But a proposal to build a … Continue reading
Regulators Extend Deadline for Public Comments on Pipeline Border Crossing Review
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has extended a deadline for public comments on an environmental review of part of the planned Trans-Pecos Pipeline. The commission is studying the possible environmental impacts of the pipeline’s border crossing section – the part … Continue reading
Environmental Assessment for Pipeline Border Crossing Gets Underway
Federal regulators are preparing an environmental review of part of the planned Trans-Pecos Pipeline, the Permian Basin to Mexico natural gas project led by Dallas-based Energy Transfer. The study will be used in deciding whether the project receives a government … Continue reading
Pipeline Company Wants Feds To Deny Opponents’ Request For More Oversight
Energy Transfer, the company behind the planned Trans-Pecos Pipeline, has asked the federal government to deny requests from some Big Bend area opponents to have the project governed under stricter federal regulations. Opponents, led by the Big Bend Conservation Alliance … Continue reading