Repost from Associated Press on Huffington Post GREEN Wyoming Oil Spills Total 220,000 Gallons In 2014, Already Double Amount Spilled In 2013 By Mead Gruver, 09/19/2014 CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — An oil boom in Wyoming has a filthy side effect: A string of accidents from a remote gulley in the Powder River Basin to a … Continue reading Wyoming Oil Spills in 2014 Already Double Amount Spilled In 2013
Repost from The Columbian [Editor: An important local study, calling for better disaster preparedness. Significant quote – “…oil trains travel through three significant zones in Seattle: passing within blocks of two stadiums, through the downtown tunnel, and along the north end, which has limited access because of high banks along the waterfront.” – RS] Oil … Continue reading Seattle emergency planners: Oil train hazard in 100-year-old tunnel
The Benicia Planning Commission completed the third of its public hearing sessions on Valero’s Crude By Rail proposal last night, and closed the hearing at a decent hour, around 10:15pm. Thanks to everyone who attended and contributed! In an unusual move, the Commission chose to hear from Commissioners first, then the public. City staff refused … Continue reading Benicia Planning Commission & public weigh in on Valero CBR
Repost from NORTHJERSEY.COM [Editor: Significant quote by Teaneck Town Councilman Mark Schwarz: “‘If we’re all going to sit here and wait for our [Legislative] District 37 leadership and Congress’ to act, ‘then we’re going to die of old age.’” – RS] Teaneck Council presses for moratorium on use of older tank cars on oil trains … Continue reading New Jersey town council presses for moratorium on use of older tank cars