West Texas Talk: Marilu Hastings and Dr. Michael Young on Respect Big Bend
Marilu Hastings & Dr. Michael Young
Diana Nguyen talks to Marilu Hastings and Dr. Michael Young about Respect Big Bend. Their coalition’s mission is to empower stakeholders to conserve the unique resources of the Big Bend while developing energy responsibly.
Marilu Hastings is the vice president of sustainability programs for the Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation — the primary funder of the Respect Big Bend initiative.
Dr. Michael Young is a scientist with the Bureau of Economic Geology at UT Austin. He’s been working with a team to study energy projections in Far West Texas.
They discuss Hastings’ impetus for helping start the initiative and the findings from Dr. Young’s research.
