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Sand mining industry grows in Texas amid drilling needs
KOSSE, Texas (AP) — In a deepening pit in this small town southeast of Waco, workers aim a high-pressure water cannon that reduces small hills of clay-like sand into a watery slurry that is filtered, processed, dried into fine particles, and l...
Plans for $10B petrochemical plant worry Texas communities
PORTLAND, Texas (AP) — Dewey Magee has a "Keep Christ in Christmas" bumper sticker on his Chevy pickup. His wife, Victoria, wears a Rush Limbaugh T-shirt. They're more focused on raising chickens than fighting climate change. But the Magees, who h...