The
Mosier oil train derailment ignited a wave of massive public opposition to oil train traffic, including from government officials and train operators.
She refers to the
deadly oil train derailment in Quebec in July 2013, which Comptroller DiNapoli also referred to in his April 2016 letter.
They also say pipelines are a safer method of transporting oil than trains, pointing to recent cases
of oil train derailments.
An explosion in North American fossil fuel extraction has led to a dangerous rise in pipeline spills and
oil train derailments.