As Texas considers the proposed building of three 765-kilovolt transmission lines, a new study is challenging the underlying assumptions of one of the largest infrastructure...
Study Urges Pause on 765-kV Transmission Lines
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USFWS Finalizes ESA Protection for Rusty-Patched Bumblebee
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has finalized habitat protection for the rusty patched bumble bee, designating some 1.5 million acres as critical habitat for the...
Local Commission Seeks Answers About ESG in Transmission Lines Project
Local officials in rural Texas are raising new questions about massive proposed transmission lines intended to move power to the Permian Basin, with concerns ranging from impacts...
CFACT Exposes the Endangered Species Act – It Simply Does Not Work
Citizens for a Constructive Tomorrow, or CFACT, has recently released three articles reporting on how environmentalists profit from the Endangered Species Act (ESA) at the...
Parker County Conservatives Hear Warning on Data Centers and the 765kV Land Grab
Last Thursday, American Stewards of Liberty Executive Director Margaret Byfield joined an impressive lineup of speakers at the Parker County Conservatives meeting in Weatherford,...
“This Land Is Your Land… Until It Isn’t – American Energy Works”
Season 1, Episode 19 | 2026 | 31:18 American Energy Works’ Molly Vogt interviews an organic farmer in Erath County, Texas, whose organic farming methods could be revoked if...
Oncor’s ‘Due Diligence’ for Proposed Power Line Questioned
Local commission questions U.S. Fish and Wildlife about Oncor’s wildlife permit. By Robert Montoya | April 28, 2026 It was revealed during a local government committee hearing...
Senate Looks to Fix Outdated ESA
Last month, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Fisheries, Water, and Wildlife, chaired by Sen. Pete Ricketts (R-NE), held a hearing on the Endangered...
American Stewards Still Standing in 765kV Intervention
American Stewards is leading the fight on multiple fronts against the State of Texas first ever 765kV transmission line project defending the private property rights of thousands...
ASL Signs Coalition Letter to Pass ESA Amendments Act of 2025
Last week, American Stewards and 19 other national organizations, joined in a letter of support with Pacific Legal Foundation, supporting Chairman Bruce Westerman’s H.R. 1897 ESA...
Automatic Delisting of Endangered Species
American Stewards of Liberty (ASL) is calling on Congress to include a provision in the upcoming budget reconciliation package that would require endangered species listings to...
Senate Interim Charges Filed on 765-kV Transmission Project
Last week, Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick, President of the Texas Senate, filed Interim Charges for Senate oversight hearings on dozens of issues affecting Texas. One of the...
Oil-rich Texas to build power lines for renewables, and landowners face possible eminent domain
Published by Just the News Despite being one of the most prolific oil and gas regions in the world, the state of Texas is proposing to build 200-foot high high-voltage power...
KNRC Wins Federal Case to Remove Lesser Prairie Chicken
On March 29, 2025, the Kansas Natural Resource Coalition (KNRC) won a victory in the Western District Court of Texas vacating the U.S. Fish and Wildlife’s 4(d) Rule for the...
Update on Texas’ 765kV Transmission Lines
American Stewards has now intervened as a plaintiff in two of the five segments proposed for the 765kV transmission lines to transmit unreliable solar and wind energy to the...
Rep. Arrington Makes Sure Another Muleshoe Never Happens Again
Last week, House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX-19) introduced H.R. 7348, the Transparency in Federal Land Acquisitions Act that would require a public comment period in...
Texas 765kV Transmission Lines Update
American Stewards of Liberty has now intervened in two of the five segments for the transmission lines being proposed under the Public Utilities Commission of Texas’s Permian...
Power Grid Watchdog Warns That Over-Reliance on Wind and Solar Will Make Winter Blackouts Likely
Published in Just the News February 2, 2026 The North American grid watchdog Thursday published its annual long-term reliability assessment, and the analysis offers a sharp...
ASL Releases “Thrown to the Wolves” Exposing Devastating Impacts on Rural Communities
American Stewards recently released a powerful new film called “Thrown to the Wolves,” documenting the severe consequences of reintroducing the gray wolf in Colorado and the...
Intervenors Needed in Texas’ 765KV Transmission Lines
Last week, American Stewards reported on the $33 billion statewide plan to construct new 765KV transmission lines that threaten to condemn 4000 linear miles of private property....
Texas Transmission Line Land Grab
The State of Texas has initiated a $33 billion statewide plan to construct multiple 765kV transmission lines that will traverse the entire state. Sold as the solution to solve...
House Passes Gray Wolf Delisting Bill
On December 18th, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 845, the Pet and Livestock Protection Act, 211 - 204. The bill was filed by U.S. Reps. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) and...
ESA Amendments Act of 2025
Two key small landowner protection provisions were added to the ESA Amendments Act as one of the House Natural Resource Committee’s last actions for 2025. American Stewards has...
Small Landowner Protections Added to ESA Bill
Thank you for answering the call. Yesterday, during the committee markup on the ESA Amendment Act of 2025, two key provisions were added to the bill that protects small...
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