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Bomb Trains, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, Coal trains, Crude By Rail, Derailment, Explosion, Federal Regulation (U.S.), Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), Vapor pressure

California Attorney General Calls on Trump to Close Loophole that Exposes Communities to “Bomb Trains”

Press Release from California Attorney General Xavier Becerra [Editor:  See also KQED California Report, “AG Becerra Wants Trump Administration to Make Crude-Carrying ‘Bomb Trains’ Safer”  Also, see the NRDC blog on this story.   And … sadly … see a similar story from December, 2015.  – RS] Attorney General Becerra Calls on Trump to Close Loophole that … Continue reading California Attorney General Calls on Trump to Close Loophole that Exposes Communities to “Bomb Trains” →

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, Crude By Rail, Federal Regulation (U.S.), Illinois, Maine, Maryland, New York, Washington State

Six States’ Attorneys General To Trump Administration: Close Loophole Allowing Trains To Carry Explosive Crude Oil Through Communities

Press release, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman [Editor: Six state attorneys general, including California’s Xavier Becerra, are asking federal regulators to place new restrictions on crude oil trains that pass through their states.  – RS] A.G. Schneiderman, Fellow AGs To Trump Administration: Close Loophole Allowing Trains To Carry Explosive Crude Oil Through Communities Eric T. Schneiderman … Continue reading Six States’ Attorneys General To Trump Administration: Close Loophole Allowing Trains To Carry Explosive Crude Oil Through Communities →

Fossil fuels, Green Industrial Revolution, Green jobs, Organized labor, Port of Benicia

BENICIA LOOKING TO THE FUTURE: A victory in Philadelphia

By Roger Straw, Thanksgiving, 2016 What’s next now that oil trains have been stopped here in Benicia? Check out the good news from Philadelphia, and dream about Benicia’s port in the future…  Community, environmental, and labor groups working together for green infrastructure improvements and new green union jobs?  Sounds good, yes!  – RS For Immediate … Continue reading BENICIA LOOKING TO THE FUTURE: A victory in Philadelphia →

Crude By Rail

LETTER SERIES: Susan Street – Elizabeth Patterson’s strong record as Mayor

[Editor: Benicians are expressing themselves in letters to the editor of our local print newspaper, the Benicia Herald. But the Herald doesn’t publish letters in its online editions – and many Benician’s don’t subscribe. We are posting certain letters here for wider distribution. – RS] Pro-active accomplishments of Benicia Mayor Elizabeth Patterson By Susan Street … Continue reading LETTER SERIES: Susan Street – Elizabeth Patterson’s strong record as Mayor →