A conveyor belt more than 40 miles long runs from tiny Kermit, Texas, across state borders into Lea County, New Mexico.

Dust from the West is making its way into North Texas, and it’s not just a nuisance for your windshield. These winds bring more than just dirt -- they’re carrying fine particles that can impact air ...

The state’s water supply faces numerous threats. And by one estimate, the state’s municipal supply will not meet demand by 2030 if there’s a severe drought and no water solutions are implemented.

The rumble of sand-hauling trucks is a familiar sound in the Permian Basin, but soon, that sound may come without a driver ...

It’s been called the longest conveyor belt in America and it’s right here in the Permian Basin, the heart of America’s oil ...

After years of steady gains, a decades-long conservation program dedicated to the Kemp's ridley hits rough seas ...

Atlas Energy Solutions, a Texas-based oil field company, has installed a 42-mile long (67 kilometers) conveyer belt to transport millions of tons of sand for hydraulic fracturing. The belt the ...

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 KERMIT, Texas -- It's longer ...

This 'Dune' Isn't Fiction. It's the Longest Conveyer Belt in the US and Moving Sand in Texas KERMIT, Texas (AP) — It's longer than the width of Rhode Island, snakes across the oil fields of the ...