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Who's to Blame for the Exploding Oil Trains?
2015-02-27 14:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: A week after a CSX train hauling crude oil derailed and exploded 30 miles southeast of Charleston, W.Va., on Feb. 16, its mangled, charred tank cars were still being hauled from the crash site. Of the 27 cars that derailed, 19 had been engulfed in flames. The wreckage burned for almost three days. Its amazing no one was killed, says John Whitt, whose home is one of a handful clustered near the crash site, along the banks of the Kanawha River. Some were within 30 yards of the site. One home was...
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