This 'Dune' isn't fiction. It's the longest conveyer belt in the US and moving sand in Texas
A more than 40-mile long conveyor belt filled with sand stretches from the oil fields of West Texas to New Mexico, all for the purpose of one mission: oil production ...
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How sand mining is eroding rivers, livelihoods and cultures
Strengthening cross-border governance and enforcing extraction limits are critical to addressing this crisis. But time is ...
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Private border wall in South Texas still standing despite fraud by group fundraisers
It’s been five years since Tommy Fisher, CEO of Fisher Sand & Gravel Company, built the 3.5-mile border barrier along a section of sugar cane fields donated by a local farmer. Border Report Live ...
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Patchy blowing dust and sand return as breezy winds sweep through the Borderland
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- El Paso will see a warm and breezy start to the week, with gusty west winds bringing patchy blowing dust and sand across ... forming south of the border, and as winds ...
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This ‘Dune’ isn’t fiction. It’s the longest conveyor belt in the US and moving sand in Texas
The sand sits in a tray-shaped pan with a lid that can be taken off at any point, but most of the it gets offloaded into silos near the Texas and New Mexico border. Along its miles-long journey, the ...