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West Texas is being engulfed in the oil boom, and it's struggling with an onslaught of problems

Nick Oxford/Reuters The unprecedented oil boom is engulfing West Texas, extending to areas that drilling hasn't touched before. As communities welcome the jobs and the new business, they're struggling with an onslaught of problems. The boom is brining air pollution, oil spills, groundwater loss, and contamination — none of which the state is tracking or policing aggressively. Drilling booms have come and gone in this oil town for nearly a century.

 

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