70 cities rise up to #StopOilTrains
Interactive map and photos from 70 cities around the country
The 2016 Stop Oil Trains Week of Action was a powerful demonstration of resistance to oil trains. Across 70 cities the public, the media and elected officials were reminded that 25 million Americans still live in the blast zone.
We made sure decision makers and public officials know that we have not forgotten the Lac-Mégantic tragedy or the fiery June 3rd oil train derailment in the Columbia River Gorge — we know the blast zone is a dangerous place to be. There has been more damage done by oil trains in the past three years than the previous four decades combined.
And July 6 to 12th, we did something about it. Together, we sent a powerful message that it’s time to #StopOilTrains.
Every oil train battle, every action and event, is part of a bigger movement to protect public health, safety, and the climate.
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An email from by Ross Hammond, STAND.earth:
Friends — I wanted to give a big thanks from all of us at Stand.earth for all of the incredible actions that took place around North America this past week. We have a photo blog here which will give you some flavor of what happened….
It goes without saying that the movement to #StopOilTrains and other fossil fuel infrastructure doesn’t just happen one week a year. But this past week was a powerful reminder for all of us of the incredible creativity and resourcefulness of our movement. And in what I can only describe as some sort of divine justice, during the week of action our allies in Baltimore achieved a huge organizing victory when Targa Resources withdrew its application for a crude oil storage and loading facility.
Thanks again from all of us, and let’s work together over the next year to ensure that next year’s week of action isn’t even necessary.