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[Editor: Significant quote: “The report says there are 790 active pits in California and that 60 percent of them have out-of-date permits or no permit at all.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
Repost from Alternet The ‘Gasland’ director talks to AlterNet about the dangers of fracking, his new film and how you can be a part of the solution. By Reynard Loki / AlterNet January 22, 2016 The so-called fracking revolution has transformed America’s energy landscape. With more than 100,000 oil and gas wells drilled and fracked since 2005, … Continue reading Josh Fox: What We Have to Do to Prevent Climate Apocalypse
Repost from Oregon Public Broadcasting Port of Longview Rejects Plan For Refinery, Propane Terminal By Tony Schick and Conrad Wilson, Feb. 23, 2016 3:08 p.m Port of Longview commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday morning to end talks with an energy company that wants to build the first oil refinery on the West Coast in more than 25 … Continue reading Washington refinery project dead in the water