Category Archives: Danger! Crude-by-Rail

Explosive Virginia Train Carried Fracked Bakken Oil, Headed to Potential Export Facility

Posted on May 1, 2014 by Martinez Environmental Group

2014-04-30 By STEVE HORNhttp://desmogblog.com/2014/04/30/explosive-virginia-train-carried-fracked-bakken-oil-headed-to-potential-export-facility

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Train derails and explodes in Lynchburg, Va.

Posted on April 30, 2014 by Martinez Environmental Group

AP 4:19 p.m. EDT April 30, 2014 Authorities were evacuating numerous buildings Wednesday afternoon after several CSX tanker cars carrying crude oil derailed in downtown Lynchburg, Va., and caught fire along the James River, city officials said. The city … Continue reading →

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STOP CRUDE OIL BY RAIL SHIPMENTS TO RICHMOND!

Posted on April 19, 2014 by Martinez Environmental Group

Stop Pollution of our Communities and Climate! SATURDAY, MAY 31, 2014 AT 1 PM PROTEST AT KINDER MORGAN’S RAIL YARD 520 CASTRO STREET, RICHMOND, CA The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has issued a permit to Kinder Morgan … Continue reading →

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Despite Rise in Spills, Hazardous Cargo Rides Rails in Secret

Posted on April 17, 2014 by Martinez Environmental Group

By JAD MOUAWADAPRIL 15, 2014 Jodi Ross, town manager in Westford, Mass., did not expect she would be threatened with arrest after she and her fire chief went onto the railroad tracks to find out why a train carrying liquid … Continue reading →

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Political Rifts Slow U.S. Effort on Climate Laws

Posted on April 16, 2014 by Martinez Environmental Group

By CORAL DAVENPORT APRIL 14, 2014 “Experts also note that a shift at the national level could come as more states enact climate change policies. Currently California and several Northeastern states, including New York, have enacted state-level programs to … Continue reading →

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SF International Film Festival – The Overnighters – April 28th & May 3rd

Posted on April 16, 2014 by Martinez Environmental Group

SF International Film Festival – The Overnighters – April 28th & May 3rd Documentary As our national Great Recession deepens and extends further on and farther out, Williston, North Dakota, is an honest-to-God boomtown. Flush with jobs from hydraulic fracturing … Continue reading →

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COUNCIL OPPOSES CRUDE BY RAIL IN VANCOUVER, WA – SAFETY ISSUES

Posted on April 15, 2014 by Martinez Environmental Group

APRIL 11, 2014 ROGER STRAW LEAVE A COMMENT Repost from The Oregonian [Editor – Significant quote: “a majority of Vancouver City Council members recently announced they opposed the $110 million terminal, citing not its potential environmental impacts, but their concern that the … Continue reading →

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Can’t avoid big cities when moving dangerous goods, railways say

Posted on April 15, 2014 by Martinez Environmental Group

By KIM MACKRAEL OTTAWA The Globe and Mail (includes correction) Published Thursday, Apr. 03 2014, 1:22 PM EDT Last updated Thursday, Apr. 03 2014, 9:54 PM EDT

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