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oil bomb trains

‘Bomb Trains,’ a New Book on the Deadly, Ongoing Threat of Oil by Rail

July 31, 2019 by Justin Mikulka

I lay out the whole damning history in this book. When the next oil train disaster strikes, we can’t say we weren’t warned.

Categories Energy, Energy featured, Environment Tags environmental effects of fossil fuel extraction, oil bomb trains 1 Comment

Thousands Protest ‘Bomb Trains’ and Environmental Racism in Albany

December 15, 2020May 17, 2016 by William Fowler

Thousands of protesters from across the Northeast came to Albany, New York on Saturday to block a “bomb train” transporting fracked oil and exposing communities along its path to major risks of derailment, oil spillage and explosion.

Categories Environment Tags Break Free 2016, environmental racism, oil bomb trains Leave a comment

Fighting Back Against Oil Bomb Trains

December 15, 2020December 16, 2014 by Tara Lohan

Crude by rail has increased 4,000 percent across the country since 2008 and California is feeling the effects.

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