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Environmentalists, railroad workers protest oil trains

July 15, 2015 By Mark Gruenberg

Environmentalists and rank-and-file railroad workers took to the streets protesting continued transportation of oil trains.

Will damaged vessel put the freeze on Shell’s Arctic drilling?

July 14, 2015 By Blake Skylar

This incident offers further vindication for what environmentalists have been saying all along: that accidents are unavoidable in this ecologically sensitive region.

Benghazi & Hillary: missing the story

July 13, 2015 By Conn Hallinan

The congressional harrying of Clinton over emails concerning the 2012 death of a U.S. ambassador and three staff members in Benghazi has become a running joke.

Vigil held for explosion victims as criticism of oil trains broadens

July 7, 2015 By Blake Skylar

Held by 350.org and the Sierra Club, the event marked the two-year anniversary of the disaster, the Lac-Megantic, Quebec, oil train explosion that killed 47 people.

Rail workers, environmentalists to launch week of protests vs. oil trains

July 2, 2015 By PAI

They plan to note that oil-laden trains are so dangerous that transporting oil across the continent by train should be severely curtailed, if not ended.