KPIX VIDEO: Bay Area activist Andrés Soto on explosion in West Virginia

Repost from KPIX News
[Editor: Thanks to KPIX for local coverage, but we regret that this report did not mention Mr. Soto’s role as spokesperson for Benicians For a Safe and Healthy Community. This report also missed an opportunity to cover the highly successful grassroots efforts here in Benicia to stop a proposed crude by rail development at Valero Refinery.   – RS]

West Virginia Train Derailment Is Reminder Of Bay Area Bakken Oil Shipment Vulnerability

Bay Area environmentalists are anxiously watching reports of a train derailment in West Virginia because the same Bakken crude oil is transported through Martinez and Richmond.  Christin Ayers, (2/16/15)