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Active open pit coal mine seen from Centralia

Opponents weigh options after border coal mine OK'd

Feb 5, 2013 ◇ Julian Aguilar/The Texas Tribune

With a plan for an open pit coal mine on the Texas-Mexico border one step closer to being in operation, opponents looking to block the mine are left hoping to win a possible court injunction or an unlikely reversal by the Texas Railroad Commission. Read more»

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When digging gets underway, the substandard coal will be carried by train from the site in rural Maverick County through the center of Eagle Pass, Texas.

Player bows out in Texas fight over Mexican mine

May 16, 2012 ◇ Julian Aguilar/The Texas Tribune

In what the leader of an environmental group said was a surprising and stunning blow to an effort to stop a Mexican company from mining coal on the Texas-Mexico border, an American Indian tribe has backed out of the fight. Read more»


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