Don't Blow It Texas

Don't Blow It Texas Join the Devils River Conservancy in protecting the unique natural and scenic treasures that Val Verde County offers all Texans.

Don’t Blow It demands thoughtful regulation of wind energy development to save one of the last wild areas in our state.

01/01/2026

An Ohio utility giant is using eminent domain to carve a 370-mile industrial corridor through pristine Texas land.

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What’s more dangerous to Texas wilderness than a foreign billionaire buying land?

An American corporation with eminent domain power.

In this episode, we expose American Electric Power (AEP), the largest transmission owner in the United States, and their plan to build a 765,000-volt transmission line straight through 14 Texas counties, including some of the most ecologically fragile land in the state.

AEP claims this project is about “keeping the lights on.”
Their own filings tell a different story.

Public Utility Commission documents reveal the real drivers:
• Cryptocurrency mining
• Massive data centers
• Hydrogen, LNG, and industrial load growth
• Corporate profit — not Texans

This single line would:
• Clear a 200-foot-wide corridor across private land
• Tower 16 stories high
• Cut through karst geology, aquifers, and flood-prone terrain
• Threaten the Devil’s River, the last pristine river in Texas
• Open the door to irreversible industrial expansion

And it doesn’t stop there.

AEP has a documented history of:
• Illegal emissions
• Environmental violations
• Fake grassroots groups
• Psychological profiling of landowners
• Using eminent domain as a weapon

They’ve been stopped before.
They can be stopped again.

⏳ The clock is ticking
AEP files its application by February 2026. After that, Texans have just 30 days to intervene.

📌 PUC Docket Number: 58545
📞 Public Utility Commission: (512) 936-7374
📝 Protest form:https://www.cpsenergy.com/content/dam/corporate/en/Documents/Infrastructure/howard-road-to-san-miguel-transmission/PUC-Landowner-Protest-Form-10824-ada.pdf

Organizations already watching:
• Hill Country Preservation Coalition
• Devils River Conservancy
• Landowners across 14 counties

The real question is simple:

Will Texans notice before it’s too late?

Don’t blow it, Texas.

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👉 Protect the water, land, and future generation

12/02/2025

How did a Chinese military officer acquire 140,000 acres of strategic Texas land, right next to Laughlin Air Force Base? One American made it possible.

Between 2016 and 2018, David Frankens flipped Texas ranches to Chinese billionaire Sun Guangxin's shell companies, sometimes within hours, for double their value. His profit? Some say $10 million.. His consequences? None.

THE TWIST:

Frankens deliberately steered Sun into a protected conservation corridor that Texas Parks & Wildlife had worked decades to preserve. He knew. He did it anyway.

WHO IS SUN GUANGXIN?

A former captain in China's People's Liberation Army who built a $2 billion fortune in Xinjiang, where China committed genocide against over 1 million Uyghurs. Under China's 2017 National Intelligence Law, he's legally required to cooperate with Chinese intelligence.

Just weeks ago, 60 Minutes revealed China has hacked over 200 American utilities, preparing to attack U.S. infrastructure during a Taiwan invasion. One American helped them plug into Texas.

THE BETRAYAL:

140,000 acres = 7% of Val Verde County

$110 million in Chinese money through one middleman

Australia divested from Sun's company over human rights abuses

Texas sold him the land

Frankens vanished when the story broke, deleted LinkedIn, closed his office

THE IRONY:

Texas blocked Sun from the power grid in 2021. So ironically, the Chinese billionaire is protecting this wilderness right now. But when he sells, and he will, those restrictions disappear. New owners can build anything. And AEP is already pushing transmission lines through, using Sun's failed wind project as justification.

"I consider him a friend." - David Frankens

"I will loudly ring alarm bells about threats to our national security." - Daniel Hoffman, Retired CIA Officer

One man called him a friend. Another saw a national security threat. You decide.

CHAPTERS: 0:28 - China's Spy Law | 1:09 - 60 Minutes Investigation | 2:17 - Meet David Frankens | 3:08 - Who is Sun Guangxin? | 4:26 - Conservation Betrayal | 5:45 - Frankens Vanishes | 7:29 - What Happens Next?

TAKE ACTION: DontBlowItTexas.org

THE SERIES: Episode 1: The Crypto Scam | Episode 2: The Transmission Line Threat | Episode 3: The Middleman (You're Here)

SOURCES:
Forbes Magazine investigation
Daily Mail property records analysis
UN OHCHR Report on Xinjiang (Aug 31, 2022)
60 Minutes investigation (October 2025)
China's National Intelligence Law (Article 7)
Texas Legislature records
Fox News op-ed by retired CIA officer Daniel Hoffman

⚠️ URGENT: Right now, AEP is pushing transmission lines through this exact corridor. The public comment period won't last forever. Visit DontBlowItTexas.org to learn how you can help stop this threat to Texas's wilderness.

Because once we blow it, we’ll can never get it back.

10/13/2025

“If we can’t protect this place, there’s not a chance anywhere else.”

This is Val Verde County, home to the Devils River, which has been called the benchmark for river water quality in the entire state, and to the rock art painted over 5,000 years ago that adorn it's rocky cliffs.

This is where three major ecoregions collide — the Chihuahuan Desert, the Edwards Plateau, and the Trans-Pecos.

It’s also the first Dark Sky Sanctuary in Texas, where the night still belongs to the stars.

Now, Texas’ largest transmission line is set to carve a 370-mile, 200-foot-wide corridor through this sacred land, destroying pristine canyons, polluting springs, and fragmenting a wilderness that can never be rebuilt.

This isn’t just about land. It’s about Texas identity, heritage, and the last wild soul of the state.

👉 Watch the full film and learn how to defend the last wild Texas.
📍 Go to: dontblowittexas.org/defend

08/26/2025

Westland World is marketed as the future of Texas: a high-tech “smart city” powered by digital assets. But the reality tells a darker story of failed wind farms, abandoned solar projects, and inflated crypto tokens.

One billionaire’s failed land bet in Texas has spiraled into a global crypto scheme promising of jobs, clean energy, and progress, creating a dangerous cycle of lies, overpayment, failure, and repackaging of reality.

This pilot episode exposes how Westland World is luring investors with hype while threatening Texas’s last great wilderness and raising national security concerns for locals and Americans more broadly.

Watch now, follow along to make sure you catch the next episodes in this series, and share this video to shine light on the truth about whats going on.

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