Repost from UPI Business News Tighter rules for U.S. crude oil trains Measure part of a series of steps in response to Lac-Megantic disaster. By Daniel J. Graeber | Sept. 9, 2014 WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 (UPI) — The U.S. Department of Transportation said Tuesday it adopted new measures aimed at securing unattended freight trains in … Continue reading DOT strengthens rules on unattended freight trains
Repost from The Contra Costa Times Richmond: Judge tosses out suit seeking to stop crude oil shipments by rail By Tom Lochner, Contra Costa Times, 09/05/2014 SAN FRANCISCO — A lawsuit by environmental groups seeking to stop shipments of crude oil by rail to Richmond was tossed out by a judge Friday on the grounds … Continue reading Contra Costa Times: Judge tosses out suit seeking to stop crude oil shipments by rail
Repost from Reuters Environmentalists jeer as Calif. judge throws out lawsuit against oil company’s rail facility By Rory Carroll and Jennifer Chaussee, Reuters, September 5, 2014 SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A San Francisco Superior Court judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit brought by environmental groups against Kinder Morgan’s Richmond, California, rail terminal, which quietly began … Continue reading Environmentalists jeer as Calif. judge throws out lawsuit against oil company’s rail facility
Repost from Popular Resistance [Editor: See this story also on the Richmond Standard, the San Francisco Bay Guardian. and the Sacramento Bee. – RS] Citizens Risk Arrest to Halt Operations at Richmond Oil Train Terminal: Call on Air Quality Agency to Reverse Illegal Permit, Protect Public Health By Eddie Scher, risingtidenorthamerica.org, September 4, 2014 [Richmond, … Continue reading Activists In Richmond Halt Oil Tankers