Repost from Bloomberg Business Week Oil Import Decline to U.S. Revealed by Louisiana as Truth By Dan Murtaugh, Zain Shauk and Lynn Doan, Nov. 05, 2014 Things are slowing down at the U.S.’s largest oil-import hub. Just six years after importing more than 1 million barrels a day from countries including Saudi Arabia, Nigeria and … Continue reading Nationwide trend: oil imports slowing down
Repost from The News & Observer, Raleigh, North Carolina [Editor: See also a similar report on AllGOV.com. – RS] Facing lawsuit, California oil train terminal to shut down By Curtis Tate and Tony Bizjak, McClatchy Washington BureauOctober 23, 2014 WASHINGTON — A legal victory in California this week over crude oil operations could have a … Continue reading Facing lawsuit, California oil train terminal to shut down
Repost from The Sacramento Bee Sacramento crude oil transfers halted; air quality official says permit was granted in error By Tony Bizjak and Curtis Tate, 10/22/2014 A Sacramento fuel distributor has agreed to stop unloading train shipments of crude oil at McClellan Business Park after the county’s top air quality official said his agency mistakenly … Continue reading Sacramento Bee: Sacramento crude oil transfers halted; air quality official says permit was granted in error
Repost from The Sacramento Bee Editorial: California makes progress on train safety by inspecting railroad bridges By the Editorial Board, Oct. 9, 2014 It’s encouraging that important steps are being taken to make sure oil trains rumbling through California don’t derail, but the job isn’t nearly done yet. For the first time, the California Public … Continue reading California bridge inspectors getting started – will visit only 30 of 5,000 bridges in 2015