Repost from The Sacramento Bee Report minimizes risk from oil trains through Roseville, Sacramento By Tony Bizjak and Curtis Tate The Sacramento Bee | Jun. 17, 2014 A much-anticipated report released Tuesday offered new details and some controversial safety conclusions about a Bay Area oil company’s plan to run crude-oil trains daily through Roseville and … Continue reading Sacramento Bee – Report minimizes risk from oil trains through Roseville, Sacramento→
Repost from McClatchyDC [Editor: The following influential report, published 1/27/14, was referenced in Rachel Maddow’s magnificent 5/14/14 expose on the decades of inaction on DOT-111 tank cars by the US Department of Transportation. The Benicia Independent has published other reports by McClatchy’s Curtis Tate, but we had been unaware of this incredible – and timely … Continue reading Non-pressurized DOT-111A tank cars known unsafe for decades→
Repost from The Sacramento Bee [Editor: This is an excellent analysis of refinery benefits and risks, including commentary on the aging bridges used by oil tanker trains. – RS] Crude oil trains revive Philadelphia refineries but deliver new risks By Curtis Tate McClatchy Washington Bureau Monday, Apr. 7, 2014 Chunks of concrete are falling off … Continue reading Crude trains: risky bridge conditions→
Repost from The Sacramento Bee Editorial: Oil trains require more safety and scrutiny By the Editorial Board Published: Thursday, Apr. 3, 2014 Randall Benton / A tanker truck drives past train cars containing crude oil at McClellan Park. Until recently, local officials didn’t know the site was being used for oil transfers. You’d think that … Continue reading Sacramento Bee editorial calls for delay in crude by rail→
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