Hurricane Harvey aims for the Texas fracking boom’s favorite port

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By Eric HolthausAug 25, 2017, 12:20 pm63 pts
$photo of Hurricane Harvey aims for the Texas fracking boom’s favorite port image$ Forecasters expect Hurricane Harvey to make landfall late today as a major hurricane — the first to hit the United States since 2005. That’s scary enough. But even more troubling: It’s on target to strike a part of the Texas coast where the recent growth of the oil and gas industry has increased the risk…

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