Sentences with phrase «oil trains»

However, it has not taken additional steps to limit oil trains in the way environmental and community groups have requested.

Because of the danger of oil train accidents locally and climate change globally, creative businesses are looking for alternatives to fossil fuels and their dirty pollution.

And if you want to jump on the coconut oil train, the choice is yours.

I am also jumping on the essential oil train more and more.

Based on questions that were selected from cards filled out by audience members, topics included oil trains and green energy, substance abuse and addiction, veterans, seniors and the land bank.

There have been several developments this week impacting oil trains, the subject of national and local debate.

No recent crude oil train derailments have been attributed to sun kinks.

Albany County hasn't had a major oil train disaster, but County Executive Dan McCoy, erring on the side of «safe, not sorry» called a community «Crude Oil Transportation Summit» to brainstorm and compare notes with officials who have had to deal with such calamities.

Attorney General Eric Schniderman has filed comments with federal regulators seeking to place new restrictions on oil trains that pass through New York.

She refers to the deadly oil train derailment in Quebec in July 2013, which Comptroller DiNapoli also referred to in his April 2016 letter.

WAMC's David Guistina talks with Mike Spain of the Times Union about oil trains in New York's capital region.

NEW YORK, Feb 18 (Reuters)- Tank cars from a derailed oil train were still on fire in West Virginia on Wednesday, two days after an explosive accident in which 25 cars went off the rails, a CSX Corp spokeswoman said.

«We all use oil...» - Western States Petroleum Association representative Frank Holmes, responding to questions about the dramatic increase in catastrophic explosions from oil trains

But since Crestwood Midstream Partners» oil loading facility was built three years ago, long oil trains dominate the tracks rather than grain hopper cars.

Fracking Boom Leading to Fracking Bust: Scientists Quebec Oil Train Explosion Visible from Space Decision by Obama Won't Keep Oil from Flowing

He's championed veteran's causes, enacted a ban on styrofoam cups, worked hard to eliminate so - called toxic toys — and most of all been a vocal opponent of dangerous oil trains, grabbing national headlines.

Activists say these trains pose a risk to the millions who live along the tracks where crude oil trains travel.

Tell your City Council Member and Mayor Pugh to address the risks of oil trains running through Baltimore.

In the face of a court challenge from a broad coalition of environmental and community groups and massive community opposition, the DEC today halted Global Companies» proposed expansion of its massive Albany oil train facility to handle tar sands oil.

The state Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services revealed recently that as many as 42 oil trains per week were coming into Albany.

The increased inspections followed several accidents involving oil trains that resulted in explosions, fires and, in one instance, the deaths of 47 people in Lac - Megantic, Quebec.

The fiery derailment of a 106 - car oil train in North Dakota on Monday is the latest manifestation of the perils that come with expanding shipments of the country's Bakken oil bounty by rail.

about Shameful: Keystone XL Proponent Using Deadly Lac - Megantic, Quebec Oil Train Tragedy To Promote Pipeline

although electric plug - in cars, etc will be welcome, i consider your article to be a self - indulgent, utterly cynical attempt to jump on the peak oil train long after it's left the station.

We were here on the tracks a year after the Mosier oil train derailment and nothing has changed,» said Jessie Braverman.

The proposed Pilgrim pipeline would stretch about 180 miles from Albany to the New Jersey coast and would also be fed by oil trains, potentially boosting their traffic.

For petroleum oil trains subject to the Comprehensive Oil Spill Response Plan under 49 CFR part 130, the contact information for the qualified individuals and description of response zones must also be provided to state and tribal emergency response commissions, or other appropriate state - delegated entities.

«History has repeatedly shown just how deadly and dangerous oil train crashes can be,» Sierra Club campaigner Lena Moffitt said Friday.

A runaway oil train exploded in Lac Megantic, Quebec, last July, killing 47 people.

A speed limit reduction will cascade throughout UNP's operations reducing operational efficiency as switching and loading stations wait longer for the slower oil trains.

A crude oil train sits parked outside the Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery owned by the Carlyle Group in south Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., March 20, 2014.

Have you jumped on the bulletproof coffee and brain octane oil train yet?

Albany residents raised concerns — as they have over the last several months — over oil train shipments into the city.

CSX is asking New York State not to give the public any information about how much oil trains are carrying and what routes they will take.

Federal Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Judith Enck and New York State DEC Commissoner Basil Seggos joined other government officials in a candid two - hour session with Ezra Prentice residents, who have long suspected oil trains and diesel truck traffic could be responsible for their health issues.

It's not only a jobs creator, but it actually is more environmentally friendly, environmentally sound, that these high - speed oil trains going right through this district, right along our beautiful lakes, and in our small communities.»

More recently we have seen such disregard with respect to the expansion of oil trains at the Port of Albany,» said Hawkins.

Hawkins, the Green Party nominee for Governor, said oil trains in New York are a rolling environmental injustice.

Feb 17 (Reuters)- A CSX Corp oil train that derailed and erupted in flames in West Virginia on Monday was hauling newer model tank cars, not the older versions widely criticized for being prone to puncture, the firm said.

Also, while you're at it, hop on the fish oil train and add in some vitamin D3 (1,000 to 2,000 units daily), both of which can prepare you for an optimal pregnancy, and which are great for your health even now.

I have totally hopped on the MCT Oil train (actually, I'm so into it currently, I probably should be Conductor of this proverbial train...) and, even though, at first, I was VERY skeptical, I am a total believer now.

«Whether in a small town, large city, or environmentally sensitive area, resources and information matter during any crude oil train incident,» said FRA Administrator Sarah E. Feinberg.

With the increase of fossil fuel transport in recent years the yard has become a crucial staging ground for coal trains headed to Canadian export terminals and oil trains bound for Washington refineries.

Then last year, Ward took part in the Break Free from Fossil Fuels oil train blockade, also in Anacortes.

Lots of Washington voters, primed by years of activist campaigns against oil trains and coal terminals in the Pacific Northwest, were ready for climate action.

Yet, when the second oil train in 18 months derailed in North Dakota this spring, Governor Jack Dalrymple declared what he believes to be the best response to safety concerns: more pipelines.