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On Monday September 8, about 50 people filled the basement of the First Congregational Church in Martinez to learn about volatile crude-by-railtrains traveling through the residential areas of Martinez. Organized by the Martinez Environmental Group (MEG), the community forum included an overview from Diane Bailey, senior … Continue reading →

Join GCM in a momentous event bringing together grassroots community leaders, technology innovators, agency representatives, academic researchers, policy analysts and…you! Global Community Monitor, Public Lab and Louisiana Bucket Brigade are partnering to host the Community Based Science for Action Conference November 15-17, … Continue reading →

by JOHN RYAN   NPR   August 13, 2014 http://www.npr.org/2014/08/13/340153423/years-after-tragedy-tesoro-ducks-penalties-for-refinery-deaths MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: This is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I’m Melissa Block. ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: And I’m Robert Siegel. When a big industrial accident occurs we report on it, … Continue reading →

http://earthfirstjournal.org/newswire/2014/09/02/seattle-resident-suspends-herself-from-tripod-to-block-coal-and-oil-trains/ EVERETT, WA: Five local residents have stopped work at a Burlington Northern Santa-Fe Rail Yard in Everett by erecting a tripod structure on the outbound railroad tracks, directly in front of both a mile-long oil train and a coal … Continue reading →

By Balazs Koranyi and Joachim Dagenborg  Wed Aug 27, 2014 * Oil discoveries hit new lows in 2013, 2014 * Oil firms cutting spending, including exploration * Spending cut could hit oil price with a lag * Costs soar, making … Continue reading →

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/report-on-fatal-ellicott-city-train-accident-details-how-a-piece-of-rail-snapped/2014/08/23/aee05714-2950-11e4-86ca-6f03cbd15c1a_story.html                             By Ashley Halsey III    August 23 aThey would be college graduates now, poised on the brink of life, had not a train gone off … Continue reading →