Respect Big Bend

This week, we’re delving deeper into Respect Big Bend. Diana Nguyen talks to Marilu Hastings of the Mitchell Foundation and Dr. Michael Young with the Bureau of Economic Geology at UT Austin. They talk about how the Respect Big Bend initiative got started and discuss potential impacts renewable energy production could have on Far West Texas. Later, Nguyen talks Brendan Byrne — the space reporter for member station WMFE in Orlando. They discuss Blue Origin’s mysterious operations in West Texas.

By Mitch BordenThe Cynthia & George Mitchell Foundation, along with other partners, hopes to protect the Big Bend region from encroaching energy…