![]() ![]() ![]() Trains carrying crude oil are highly combustible and, if derailed, present serious threats to public safety and environmental health, according Goldmark. “Crude By Rail: Too Much, Too Soon” calls for federal regulators to improve safety protocols and equipment standards on Washington rail lines to deal with a 40-fold increase in oil train traffic since 2008. Increased oil train traffic on Washington’s aging rail system puts the state’s people and ecosystems at risk, according to an opinion piece by 10 tribal leaders and the Washington State Commissioner of Public Lands Peter Goldmark, published Thursday in the Seattle Times. ![]() Tribal leaders, commissioner warn of oil train dangers November 25, 2014 ![]()
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