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Tag: Straits of Mackinac

As debate rages over cross-border pipelines, U.S. analysts brace for more oil by rail

As debate rages over cross-border pipelines, U.S. analysts brace for more oil by rail

View article in its entirety at The Canadian Press. — Author: James McCarten WASHINGTON — The fierce debate over cross-border pipelines is putting more Canadian oil and gas on trains destined for the United States — a country experts fear is ill-equipped for the potential consequences. It would take an oil-by-rail calamity of a scale comparable … Continue reading As debate rages over cross-border pipelines, U.S. analysts brace for more oil by rail

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Posted on March 9, 2021 by Gerri K. SongerPosted in Bakken Crude Oil, Deregulation, Oil Train Safety, Regulatory CaptureTagged Association of American Railroads, Bellingham WA, Department of Ecology, DOT-111, DOT-117, Enbridge Inc.'s Line 3 and Line 5, Eric de Place, Ethanol, Fred Millar, House of Commons committee, Jessica Kahanek, Lac-Mégantic Oil Train Disaster, Liquified Natural Gas (LNG), Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Natural Resources Minister Seamus O'Regan, Oil Train Length, Oil Train Speed, President Joe Biden, Sightline Institute, Straits of Mackinac, TC Energy's Keystone XL, Two-Person Freight Crews. Leave a comment

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In anticipation of the Canadian National - Kansas City Southern merger, CN was already reinforcing their tracks along the EJ&E Rail Corridor, which means more freight trains over one-mile long carrying extremely toxic and hazardous materials will be rolling through our Lake County communities!  This picture was taken on June 21, 2021.

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