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Air Quality, Bakken Crude, Clean energy, Crude By Rail, Derailment, Explosion, Fire, Oil Industry, Oil spill, Pipeline transport, Tar sands crude

Recent Grassroots Victories: Standing Against Big Oil’s Crude-by-Rail Push

Repost from NRDC Switchboard Standing Against Big Oil’s Crude-by-Rail Push By Franz Matzner, April 6, 2015 Over the last few days, we’ve seen a series of grassroots victories that prove we’re not stuck with Big Oil’s plan to foist dangerous fossil fuel infrastructure on communities across the country. Just last week, TransCanada (of Keystone XL … Continue reading Recent Grassroots Victories: Standing Against Big Oil’s Crude-by-Rail Push →

Bakken Crude, Crude By Rail, Derailment, DOT-111, Emergency Readiness & Response, Federal Regulation (U.S.), Fire, Positive Train Control, Rail inspection, Rail routing, Tank car retirement, Tank car retrofit, Train braking systems, Train length, Train speed

Benicia City Council to consider rail safety letter to Feds

Repost from The Benicia Herald [Editor:  Original documents on the City of Benicia’s website:       – Staff’s Agenda Report       – Mayor Patterson’s draft letter of support       – League of Cities letter requesting letters of support & sample letter] City Council to mull rail safety missive By Donna Beth … Continue reading Benicia City Council to consider rail safety letter to Feds →

Bakken Crude, Crude By Rail, Derailment, Environmental review, Pittsburg CA, WesPac Midstream LLC

Pittsburg CA: WesPac oil storage project no longer includes Bakken crude trains

Repost from the San Jose Mercury News [Editor: For original project documents and the recent announcement, see the City of Pittsburg’s WesPac Pittsburg Energy Infrastructure Project.  – RS] Pittsburg: WesPac oil storage project no longer includes Bakken crude trains By Sam Richards, 04/01/2015 11:40:04 AM PDT PITTSBURG — Amid the growing national debate over the … Continue reading Pittsburg CA: WesPac oil storage project no longer includes Bakken crude trains →

Benicia CA, Benicia Planning Commission, Valero Benicia Refinery, Valero Crude By Rail

City of Benicia provides answers on recirculation process

By Roger Straw, March 27, 2015 On March 12, 2015, Marilyn Bardet represented Benicians For a Safe and Healthy Community (BSHC) at the Benicia Planning Commission meeting, reading a lengthy list of questions concerning the City’s process as it determined to recirculate Valero’s Crude By Rail proposal. Today, the City of Benicia sent the following … Continue reading City of Benicia provides answers on recirculation process →