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Weekend Insider: Dying Citrus Trees, Border Coal Mining

In the latest Texas Tribune Weekend Insider, dying citrus trees in the Rio Grande Valley and a battle along the border over a proposed coal mining site.

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In this week's Texas Tribune Weekend Insider: A battle over coal is heating up in South Texas. Julián Aguilar explains how residents of Eagle Pass are fighting to keep their land from coal mining developers. And Susannah Jacob takes us to the Rio Grande Valley, where an incurable disease is threatening the region's citrus industry.

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