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An oil train moves through California's Central Valley. The newly opened Bakersfield Crude Terminal has the capacity to receive two 100-car unit trains a day. (Download image for media use)(Elizabeth Forsyth / Earthjustice)
Press Release January 29, 2015

Groups Sue to Stop Daily 100-Car Train Deliveries of Toxic Crude Oil to Bakersfield Terminal

Coalition sues over illegal permitting of major crude-by-rail project in Central Valley

The fireball that followed the derailment and explosion of two trains, one carrying Bakken crude oil, on December 30, 2013, outside Casselton, ND.
(U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration)
Article October 10, 2014

A Tombstone Mentality On Exploding Oil Trains

It’s senseless to double the crude-by-rail fleet before replacing faulty oil train cars

An oil train in Southern California.
(Photo courtesy of Russ Allison Loar)
Article July 25, 2014

Federal Government Would Allow Exploding Rail Cars To Keep Rolling for 3 to 6 Years

The Department of Transportation has proposed long-overdue rules to improve the safety of tank cars used to ship highly volatile Bakken crude oil and other hazardous fuels across America.