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Trump Trashes Oil Train Rules – Safety rolls on archaic rail brakes

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Trump Trashes Oil Train Safety Rules

The Independent | SUindependent.com
Trump Trashes Oil Train Safety Rules, Wolverton, Petroleum, Oil, Obama, Safety Rules, Railroads, Trains, Braking, Tank Cars, Derailment, Spills, Department of Transportation
Trump Trashes Oil Train Safety Rules, Wolverton, Battle Ground, WA

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Safety rolls on archaic rail brakes

Port Huron Times Herald

If you live … you probably do not want to look at the map the environmental organization Stand.earth keeps on its website.

…Last week, while everyone was watching the Senate Judiciary Committee, the Trump administration reversed another Obama-era regulation intended to protect the people who live along the nation’s rail corridors and the environment….  (continued)