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railway oil shipment safety

Half a Million California Students Attend School In Oil Train Blast Evacuation Zones

December 15, 2020September 21, 2015 by Justin Mikulka

A new analysis by the Center for Biological Diversity finds that 500,000 students in California attend schools within a half-mile of rail tracks used by oil trains, and more than another 500,000 are within a mile of the tracks.

Categories Energy Tags oil trains, railway oil shipment safety, schools Leave a comment

New Oil-By-Rail Regulations Are Big Win for Oil and Rail Industries, Won’t Stop “Bomb Trains”

December 15, 2020May 5, 2015 by Justin Mikulka

Long-awaited oil-by-rail regulations are a guidebook for the oil and rail industries to continue doing business as usual

Categories Environment Tags Oil, oil trains, Pollution, railway oil shipment safety Leave a comment

Might the Bakken Boom Get Derailed?

December 15, 2020June 18, 2014 by Eric de Place

"The damages potentially resulting from an exposure could risk the financial soundness and viability of the rail transportation network in North America."

Categories Energy Tags Bakken crude oil, oil-by-rail, railway oil shipment safety Leave a comment

Safety alert issued over dangers of fracked oil

December 15, 2020January 8, 2014 by Andrew Nikiforuk

The U.S. Department of Transportation has issued an unprecedented safety alert on the transport of hydraulically fractured oil from North Dakota’s booming Bakken oil fields that could also cool Canada’s unconventional oil rush.

Categories Energy Tags Bakken crude oil, Fracking, railway oil shipment safety Leave a comment

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