by admin | Feb 25, 2020 | Land Conservation and Stewardship, Landowner Alliances, Legislature and Regulation, Native Landscapes, News, Oil and Gas Pipelines, Planning and Development, Scenic Beauty, Wildlife
Opponents of a controversial natural gas pipeline through the picturesque Texas Hill Country lost a legal battle but vow to continue their fight against Houston pipeline operator Kinder Morgan. A U.S. district court judge in Austin on Friday rejected a request for a...
by admin | Feb 17, 2020 | Legislature and Regulation, News, Oil and Gas Pipelines, Planning and Development, Scenic Beauty
A federal judge has rejected an effort to halt construction of a pipeline that would carry natural gas from West Texas to refineries on the Texas coast. Officials from the city of Austin, Travis and Hays counties, and other local governments joined private landowners...
by admin | Jan 28, 2020 | Groundwater Resources, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Landowner Alliances, Legislature and Regulation, News, Oil and Gas Pipelines, Planning and Development, Regional Planning, Water Resources
Just southwest of Austin, TX sits a 14,000 square-mile region known as the Hill Country. To those unfamiliar, picture it as a Texas version of California Wine Country. Each year, the region draws an estimated 30 million visitors with its natural beauty or the drinking... by admin | Jan 27, 2020 | Groundwater Resources, Legislature and Regulation, News, Oil and Gas Pipelines, Planning and Development, Scenic Beauty, Water Planning, Water Quality, Water Resources
The Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District will sign on as a plaintiff in the anticipated endangered species lawsuit over the Permian Highway Pipeline, the organization announced Jan. 17. Citing its commitment to protect local aquifers, the BSEACD board...
by admin | Jan 21, 2020 | Land Conservation and Stewardship, Land Stewardship, Landowner Alliances, Legislature and Regulation, News, Oil and Gas Pipelines, Planning and Development, Scenic Beauty, Water Planning, Water Quality, Water Resources
Austin City Council members will vote on a resolution Thursday earmarking as much as $100,000 to the city manager to participate in civil litigation against the Permian Highway Pipeline. The 42-inch, 430-mile buried natural gas pipeline would run from just north of...
by admin | Dec 27, 2019 | Legislature and Regulation, News, Oil and Gas Pipelines, Planning and Development, Scenic Beauty
In a surprising vote, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality rejected a staff-proposed penalty against TPC Group’s Port Neches chemical plant — which was rocked by explosions last month — for a slew of 2018 pollution violations and asked that they be...
