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RPT-ANALYSIS-Quebec rail disaster shines critical light on oil-by-rail boom
2013-07-08 05:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The deadly train derailment in Quebec this weekend is set to bring intense scrutiny to the dramatic growth in North America of shipping crude oil by rail, a century-old practice unexpectedly revived by the surge in shale oil production. At least five people were killed, and another 40 are missing, after a train carrying 73 tank cars of North Dakota crude rolled driverless down a hill into the heart of Lac-Megantic, Quebec, where it derailed and exploded, leveling the town center. It was the latest...
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