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Oil Train Derails in Columbia River Gorge, Rally Calls for Ban on Bomb Trains

2016-06-05 17:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

EcoWatch: A unit train carrying crude oil derailed near Mosier, Oregon, Friday. Mosier schools were evacuated and a large black plume of smoke filled the sky with visible flames. The train was carrying crude oil on the Union Pacific rail line. The placards on the train said 1267--signifying that the trains were carrying crude oil. "I never thought I`d see an oil train derail and burn in my community," Brett VandenHeuvel, executive director of Columbia Riverkeeper, said. "I watched in horror as the red...

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