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Missouri Permit Shows Exploding ND Oil Train Contained High Levels of...
Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlog Casselton train fire, photo from Kyle Potter and The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead On January 2, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) issued a major...
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Days Before Oil Train Explosion, Obama Signed Bill Hastening Fracking Permits...
Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlog President Obama eases fracking regulations days before explosive crash. On December 20, both chambers of the U.S. Congress passed a little-noticed bill to expedite...
View ArticleExplosive Virginia Train Carried Fracked Bakken Oil, Headed to Potential...
Yes, crude oil is leaking into the watershed in Lynchburg, VA. #horrifying #banfracking #stoptarsands #nokxl pic.twitter.com/9DHfWUpzja — Josh Fox (@gaslandmovie) April 30, 2014 Cross-Posted from...
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Meeting Logs: Obama Quietly Coddling Big Oil on “Bomb Trains” Regulations
Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlog The exploding CSX Corporation oil-by-rail train in Lynchburg, Virginia owned by Plains All American was on its way to the Yorktown facility. Yorktown has been marked a...
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White House Meeting Logs: Big Rail Lobbying Against “Bomb Train” Regulations...
Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlog The rail industry offers up claims about how much it cares about safety when speaking to the public. But behind closed doors, the public relations pitch goes by the wayside...
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DeSmogBlog First to Publish North Dakota Oil-By-Rail Routes
Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlog Warren Buffett’s BNSF is a leader in moving fracked oil from North Dakota’s Bakken fields. For the first time, DeSmogBlog has published dozens of documents obtained from...
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Oil-By-Rail: A Battle Between “Right to Know” &“Need to Know”
Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlog BNSF claims their oil train routes are secrets protected by law. Since the first major oil-by-rail explosion occurred on July 6, 2013, in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, citizens in...
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Dairyland to Petrostate: Wisconsin Oil-By-Rail Routes Published for First Time
Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlog BNSF and other rail companies are carrying dangerous oil tankers through Wisconsin. DeSmogBlog is publishing the first documents ever obtained from the Wisconsin...
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Rail CEOs to Investors: “Bomb Trains” Safe At Almost Any Speed
Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlog Despite the dangers, BNSF is doubling down on it’s oil train shipments. Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF)recently said it would proceed with plans to increase speeds...
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Big Rail Cites Bin Laden, Al Qaeda to Fight Oil-by-Rail Route Transparency
Big Rail done little to halt the very terrorism threats it claims a desire to stop While many states around the U.S. have released information to the public about the frequency and routes of trains...
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