Repost from The Sacramento Bee [Editor’s UPDATE: Download the complaint here. – RS] Railroads say California lacks authority to impose safety rules on oil shipments By Tony Bizjak and Curtis Tate, Oct. 8, 2014 The battle over crude oil trains in California intensified this week, reaching into the legal sphere with potential national repercussions. The state’s … Continue reading Railroads file suit against state of California
Repost from The Vallejo Times-Herald Railroads sue California over oil train safety rules Union Pacific, BNSF Railway argue federal law pre-empts state regulations By Tony Burchyns, October 9, 2014 California’s two major railroad companies filed a lawsuit this week to argue that the state lacks authority to impose its own safety requirements on federally regulated … Continue reading Vallejo Times-Herald: Railroads sue California over oil train safety rules
Repost from The Sacramento Bee [Editor: For details and contacts, see the press release by The Center for Biological Diversity. Here is a link to the full complaint. – RS] Environmentalists sue to stop Kern County crude oil project By Tony Bizjak, Oct. 9, 2014 A coalition of residents and environmental groups has filed a … Continue reading Residents and environmental groups sue to stop Kern County crude oil project
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