By Andrés Soto, March 29, 2016 An Open Letter to Benicia City Councilmembers – About the Surface Transportation Board Dear Councilmembers: The bombshell request by Valero at your meeting on March 15, to have you issue a continuance of the Public Hearing of Valero’s appeal of the Benicia Planning Commission’s denial of Valero’s dangerous Crude By … Continue reading ANDRÉS SOTO: Open Letter to Benicia City Council members
Repost from FOX 9, Eden Prairie MN [Editor: It was the truck carrying propane that exploded, not the train. Firefighters let it burn into the night. Derailed train cars ended up very near another stationary propane tank, but did not hit it. – RS] Railroad: Video shows propane truck never stopped for train in Callaway, Minn. … Continue reading DERAILMENT: Callaway MN train semi-truck collision leads to propane explosion, evacuation
Repost from the Kansas City Star, Editorial Board Amtrak derailment raises safety, track replacement concerns By Lee Judge, March 20, 2016 10:00 AM HIGHLIGHTS • The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the accident near Cimarron, Kan. • A cattle feed truck, which struck the rails, caused unreported damage to the railroad track When people … Continue reading Amtrak derailment raises safety, track replacement concerns
Repost from the San Francisco Chronicle [Editor: Significant quote: “The report says there are 790 active pits in California and that 60 percent of them have out-of-date permits or no permit at all. Monitoring of the pits, which allow toxic substances in the water to percolate into the ground, is inadequate, and regulations are ineffective, … Continue reading SF CHRONICLE: Pits of drilling waste threaten water, air safety, report charges