Showing posts with label Oil Trains. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Oil Trains. Show all posts

Saturday, June 25, 2016

Oil Trains Will Start Rolling Again in Oregon Just Weeks After Major Derailment

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Less than three weeks after a fiery oil train derailment in Oregon spilled 42,000 gallons of crude into the Columbia River and forced the evacuation of hundreds,  the company behind the derailment announced that it would resume sending oil trains through the area. Story here.

Dogs More Effective Than Any Other Method at Finding Oil Spills under Ice with Practical Implications for Protecting Water Supplies and Oceans: New Study

WINNIPEG—Scientists in Canada have  discovered,  for the first time,  that dogs can sniff out certain types of  oil spilled under ice in  fr...