Repost from Huffington Post / Reuters U.S. Oil Companies Fined For Mislabeling Crude Shipments In First Move After Series Of Derailments Reuters, 02/05/2014 In this Dec. 30, 2013 file photo, a fireball goes up at the site of an oil train derailment in Casselton, N.D. (AP Photo/Bruce Crummy, File) | ASSOCIATED PRESS By Patrick Rucker WASHINGTON, … Continue reading Oil Companies Fined For Mislabeling Crude Shipments
Repost from the New York Times Accidents Surge as Oil Industry Takes the Train By CLIFFORD KRAUSS and JAD MOUAWADJAN. 25, 2014 In North Dakota Town, Virtual Pipelines Prompt Concern Jim Wilson/The New York Times CASSELTON, N.D. — Kerry’s Kitchen is where Casselton residents gather for gossip and comfort food, especially the caramel rolls baked … Continue reading New York Times: Accidents surge
Repost from National Geographic / Daily News Illinois Village Leads Charge for Tougher Oil Train Rules The amount of crude oil being transported on trains like this one, seen in Illinois and bound east, has increased 85-fold since 2006. Recent accidents involving oil trains have raised safety concerns. PHOTOGRAPH BY BILL MEIER Marianne Lavelle National … Continue reading Barrington Illinois leading the charge on rail safety
The California Attorney General office has weighed in on the failures of the Pittsburg WesPac recirculated EIR. This could be important for us in Benicia. See Ltr to POLLOT 1-15-2014 date revised Marilyn Bardet writes that this letter “gets at the lack of cumulative analysis of emissions impacts and other potentially catastrophic risks to Pittsburg residents … Continue reading Letter from Kamala Harris, California Attorney General
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