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MORE CRUDE OIL WAS SPILLED IN U.S. RAIL INCIDENTS IN 2013, THAN WAS SPILLED IN THE NEARLY FOUR DECADES SINCE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BEGAN COLLECTING DATA ON SUCH SPILLS. http://earthjustice.org/features/map-crude-by-rail?utm_source=crm&utm_content=image&curation=ebrief Since late 2012, as hydraulic fracturing and tar sands drilling … Continue reading →

By Stephen Kretzmann and Matthew Maiorana   Jan 22, 2015   Grist.com http://grist.org/climate-energy/how-citizens-united-paved-the-way-for-big-oils-bribes/ If you are wondering why a pipeline that would create fewer jobs than a new McDonald’s is the No. 1 priority of what used to be known as … Continue reading →

New information reveals that “brine” from ruptured pipeline in North Dakota could be worst spill of its kind since state’s shale boom began NORTH DAKOTA–(ENEWSPF)–January 22, 2015 By: Andrea Germanos   eNews Park Forest   January 22, 2015 A pipeline rupture … Continue reading →

While Vancouver pursues project, other Northwest ports aren’t so sure By Aaron Corvin   The Columbian  January 18, 2015 http://www.columbian.com/news/2015/jan/18/portland-port-passes-oil-terminal-rail/ The nation’s public ports, focused on attracting industry and jobs, are largely known as agnostics when it comes to pursuing … Continue reading →

By Dahr Jamail   13 January 2015   Truthout http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/28490-the-methane-monster-roars During a recent hike in Washington State’s Olympic National Park, I marveled at the delicate geometry of frost-covered ferns. White crystalline structures seemed to grow from the green leaves, encasing … Continue reading →

Corporations have directed a gusher of money to climate-change deniers in Congress. Steve Brodner   October 21, 2014  This article appeared in the November 10, 2014 edition of The Nation. http://www.thenation.com/article/184641/tar-sands-pipeline-politics?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=socialflow# 1  AT&T: $3,270,708 (Randall Stephenson, CEO) 2  Koch Industries: $3,054,800 (Charles … Continue reading →

By Jeff Brady   January 08, 2015   NPR The Keystone XL pipeline, which would carry crude oil from Canadian oil sands down to the U.S. Gulf Coast, isn’t just an infrastructure project. It’s also a symbol for the fight … Continue reading →

Government and industry are playing catch-up with long-overdue safety improvements, like redesigning tank cars and rebuilding tracks and bridges. By Curtis Tate   McClatchy Washington Bureau   January 5, 2015 in Emergency Management Magazine http://www.emergencymgmt.com/disaster/Trains-Plus-Crude-Oil-Equals-Trouble-Along-the-Tracks.html (TNS) — Every day, strings … Continue reading →

By Lois Kazakoff   January 2, 2015    sfgate.com  HOW THE CRUDE-BY-RAIL DEBATE IS CENSORED Valero seeks to modify its Benicia refinery to bring in two 50-car trains a day of crude oil. When I wrote in November about how … Continue reading →

[A most excellent piece of reporting! – Editor] By Curtis Tate   The News Tribune   Tuscaloosa, AL http://www.mcclatchydc.com/static/features/Trains+Oil/Trouble-down-the-track.html?brand=tnt TUSCALOOSA, ALA. — Every day, strings of black tank cars filled with crude oil roll slowly across a long wooden railroad … Continue reading →