Repost from The Tribune, San Luis Obispo, California Put politics aside and think safety first when it comes to oil trains Risks associated with increased oil train activity are too great; supervisors must act to protect our communities from disaster VIEWPOINT, By Jan Marx, July 17, 2015 Like other residents of the city of San … Continue reading Mayor of San Luis Obispo: Safety is not a partisan issue
Repost from The San Francisco Chronicle U.S. likely to bar oil-waste dumping into 10 California aquifers By David R. Baker, July 16, 2015 7:26pm Oil companies will probably have to stop injecting their wastewater into 10 Central Valley aquifers that the state has let them use for years, in the latest fallout from a simmering … Continue reading Some California oil firms may lose sites for dumping … by 12/31/16
Repost from The Center For Biological Diversity [Editor: Significant paragraph: “Thirteen school boards and five teachers’ unions in California have publicly opposed the Phillips 66 project, including in Ventura, Martinez and Oakland. Last month both the California Teachers Association and the California Federation of Teachers sent letters to county officials urging them to deny the … Continue reading National Education Association (NEA) Opposes California Oil-train Project
Repost from The Portland Press Herald [Editor: Interesting summary of various effects on rail companies following the Lac-Mégantic disaster. – RS] Irving ends rail shipping of crude oil through Maine The cutback is due to a drop in global demand and is not related to the Lac-Megantic rail disaster, the firm says. By Tom Bell, … Continue reading Rail company ends shipping of crude oil in Maine & New Hampshire