Repost from The Columbian [Editor: Significant quotes: 1) “BNSF Railway…has offered training to local responders. But that training “just scratches the surface,” said Nick Swinhart, chief of the Camas-Washougal Fire Dept.” And 2) “About 88 percent of the cars now hauling crude oil in Washington are the CPC-1232 design, said BNSF spokesman Gus Melonas. The … Continue reading Sen. Cantwell: Act now on oil trains
Repost from Newsweek In California, Farmers Rely on Oil Wastewater to Weather Drought By Zoë Schlanger / April 6, 2015 6:54 AM EDT The wet, white noise of gushing water rises above a background track of twangy guitar. Water is tumbling out of a pipe into a holding pond that looks as though it has … Continue reading In California, Farmers Rely on Oil Wastewater to Weather Drought
Repost from Grist Why more pipelines won’t solve the problem of oil-train explosions By Ben Adler on 6 Apr 2015 In the last few years, the grassroots environmental movement has energetically opposed constructing big new oil pipelines in North America. Their opposition is understandable, since, on a global level, fossil fuel infrastructure encourages fossil fuel … Continue reading Why more pipelines won’t solve the problem of oil-train explosions
Reprint from The Santa Maria Sun Train of thought: Citizens worry oil tankers traveling through Guadalupe to the Phillips 66 refinery could explode By David Minsky, April 1, 2015 Residents worried that their town could become the scene of an oil tanker explosion voiced their concerns during a March 24 Guadalupe City Council meeting. The … Continue reading Citizens: oil tankers traveling through Guadalupe to the Phillips 66 refinery could explode