Repost from SFGate Groups sue to keep oil waste out of state’s aquifers By David R. Baker, Thursday, May 7, 2015 5:03 pm Two environmental groups sued California regulators Thursday to stop oil companies from injecting wastewater into potentially usable aquifers beneath the state’s drought-ravaged Central Valley. The suit, filed by the Sierra Club and the … Continue reading Groups sue to keep oil waste out of state’s aquifers
Press Release from People of Albany United for Safe Energy (PAUSE) Citizens demand “Ban the bomb trains” Albany, NY, May 7, 2015 At noon today, on the sidewalk in front of the Governor’s mansion on Eagle St., citizens will be calling for a ban on the trains carrying crude oil by rail in New York. … Continue reading Albany NY – Citizens demand “Ban the bomb trains”
News Release from Earthjustice EPA Cites Bakersfield Oil Train Terminal for Clean Air Act Violations Federal agency says California oil train terminal is major air pollution source, permit is invalid without significant environmental review Contact: Maggie Caldwell, Earthjustice, 415-217-2084, mcaldwell@earthjustice.org, Monday, May 4, 2015 Taft, CA —The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has cited the Bakersfield Crude … Continue reading EPA Cites Bakersfield Oil Train Terminal for Clean Air Act Violations; Permit Invalid
Repost from SFGate (San Francisco Chronicle) New rules for crude-by-rail transport fall short By Lois Kazakoff on May 1, 2015 5:50 PM The U.S. Department of Transportation unveiled new rules on transporting crude oil by rail Friday that set a timeline to get old-technology, easily punctured tank cars off U.S. and Canadian rail lines but fail … Continue reading New rules for crude-by-rail transport fall short