Big Bend Conservation Alliance

By Mitch BordenConcerns around water use in the Balmorhea area have increased in recent years as oil companies, like Houston-based Apache Corporation,…

By Sally BeauvaisIt’s been over two years since the Trans-Pecos Pipeline went into service in remote West Texas, amid eminent domain lawsuits and backlash…

West Texas activists are continuing their face-off against Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners, the company building the Trans-Pecos Pipeline. Now,…

Opponents of the Trans-Pecos Pipeline say they’ve identified a historic archeological site located within the pipeline's path that they fear could soon be…

For more than a year now, there’s been a lot of talk about the Trans-Pecos Pipeline in the Big Bend area. We’ve heard from those who are strongly opposed…

Editor's Note: This story has been updated with a statement from an Energy Transfer Partners spokeswoman. A coalition of ranchers, environmentalists and…

Energy Transfer, the company behind the planned Trans-Pecos Pipeline, has filed a summary response to hundreds of public comments sent to federal…

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…

For more than a year now, we've been following developments related to the planned Trans-Pecos Pipeline. The 143-mile, 42" underground pipeline would…

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has extended a deadline for public comments on an environmental review of part of the planned Trans-Pecos…