Repost from Flathead Beacon, Kalispell, Montana As More Oil Rides the Rails, BNSF Prepares For the Worst Glacier National Park chief says there could be ‘severe consequences’ if an oil train were to derail along the Middle Fork Glacier National Park superintendent Jeff Mow speaks to a group during a Whitefish Chamber of Commerce lunch on … Continue reading Hazardous materials response plan for Glacier National Park→
Repost from Minneapolis Star-Tribune Minnesota fire crews ‘ill-prepared’ for any oil train catastrophe by: DAVID SHAFFER, Star Tribune Updated: February 11, 2014 – 10:23 PM Size of trains and N.D. blast make disaster prep a priority. Six trains with 100 or more crude oil tank cars pass through the Twin Cities every day, and if one … Continue reading Fire crews ‘ill-prepared’→
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→
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