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Cleanup funding, Crude By Rail, Derailment, DOT-111, Emergency Readiness & Response, Explosion, Federal Regulation (U.S.), Fire, Rail inspection, Rail routing, Spill, Train length

Senator: Using bad tank cars? Then pay a fee

Repost from The Columbus Dispatch Using bad tank cars? Then pay a fee, Brown proposes By Rick Rouan, June 30, 2015 11:36 PM Sen. Sherrod Brown wants shippers using tank cars that have been linked to fiery train derailments to pay fees that would be used to reroute train tracks, train first responders and clean … Continue reading Senator: Using bad tank cars? Then pay a fee →

Clean energy, Public utilities, Solar energy

Bill McKibben, “Solar Power for Everyone”

Repost from The New Yorker Power to the People Why the rise of green energy makes utility companies nervous. By Bill McKibben, June 29, 2015 Mark and Sara Borkowski live with their two young daughters in a century-old, fifteen-hundred-square-foot house in Rutland, Vermont. Mark drives a school bus, and Sara works as a special-ed teacher; … Continue reading Bill McKibben, “Solar Power for Everyone” →

Crude By Rail, Derailment, DOT-111, Explosion, Fire, Insurance and liability, Lac-Mégantic, Oil Industry, Rail industry, Victim compensation

Victim compensation after oil train derailment: Big Oil cost of doing business?

Repost from DESMOG Cost of Doing Business? Oil Companies Agree To Pay For Some of Lac-Megantic Damages, But Not to Solve the Real Problems By Justin Mikulka, June 21, 2015 – 05:58 Although insisting the industry is not to blame, several of the oil companies involved in the fatal Lac-Megantic oil train accident in 2013 … Continue reading Victim compensation after oil train derailment: Big Oil cost of doing business? →