Protestors have planned a 3-mile walk today protesting the Trans-Pecos pipeline in Alpine. Thankfully, the protestors don’t plan to take up arms and fight the pipeline with violence as previously hinted, instead, this protest intends to be peaceful. Earlier this year, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission resisted the demands of environmentalists after an exhaustive environmental […]

InsideSources reported today on Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s effort to overturn the disastrous Clean Power Plan that overregulates existing power plants to the point where many would be forced to shut down, driving up energy prices for consumers and costing jobs for individuals that work at these plants. From InsideSources:

At the third public meeting over drilling exploration by Tri-C near Lake Houston, the Environmental Left voiced its concerns over the use of fracking and the use of fossil fuels despite its importance to local economies in Texas.

Yesterday, activists from Environment Texas, Liveable Arlington and the University of Texas student group Frack Free Texas held a poorly-attended news conference, which did get some coverage from UT Arlington student newspaper The Shorthorn: Representatives from Environment Texas and Liveable Arlington stood next to a table filled with information, flyers and a sign-in sheet. The […]

Yesterday, the University of Texas Student Government introduced a bill calling on the state’s university system to further regulate oil and gas drilling operations past the standards set by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality: The UT System’s oil and gas lease language requires operators to use “the highest […]

 FOX 4 in Beaumont, Texas just aired a special report that details the vital role that the oil industry plays in the thriving Texas economy. As the report details, oil industry employees were effusive in saying that the industry is “still a force to be reckoned with,” and is source of good-paying jobs throughout the […]