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Earth_First

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8. A twenty year effort to increase rail shipping regulations on tank cars...

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Thu Feb 27, 2014, 09:36 AM

Feb 2014

...and even the efforta that are being deployed are still considered insufficient?

Stop all rail car shipments immediately. Today. Until the regulations can be passed which provide absolute safety to the public.

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Rail Cars Used To Ship Oil 'Unacceptable Public Risk,' Replacement Cars May Not Be Sufficient [View all] Purveyor Feb 2014 OP

Does this Robert Sumwalt support Keystone XL? KamaAina Feb 2014 #1

Rail has always been a bigger risk; no news there. 7962 Feb 2014 #2

Fine, let them sell the oil sdfernando Feb 2014 #4

We can't control what Canada does. If they want that crap leaking into their ground water GoneFishin Feb 2014 #7

so is the tar sand oil leftyohiolib Feb 2014 #3

Meanwhile, DOT-111s are being cranked out as fast as possible... Not Sure Feb 2014 #5

Either way maindawg Feb 2014 #6

A twenty year effort to increase rail shipping regulations on tank cars... Earth_First Feb 2014 #8

Did the NTSB ever come to a conclusion on the Quebec disaster? Blue_Tires Feb 2014 #9

Oil is the risk. Leave it in the ground. truthisfreedom Feb 2014 #10