Seattle Residents Rally to Keep Oil Trains Out of Their Communities
From The Stranger: There’s a growing outcry over oil trains—shipment of crude oil by rail has skyrocketed nationally over the past four years. In December, another oil train derailed and exploded near Casselton, North Dakota, prompting an evacuation. “We dodged a bullet by having it out of town, but this is too close for comfort,” the town’s mayor said.
This week, Seattle City Council member Mike O’Brien introduced a resolution that expresses “deep concern” over “the threat to life, safety, and the environment of potential spills and fires” and calling for greater regulation of oil trains.
“Instead of waiting for a tragedy locally, let’s be forward-thinking about this and get out ahead of it,” O’Brien says.
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