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Without Keystone, oil trains may cause 6 deaths per year -US State Dept report
2014-02-02 19:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Replacing the Keystone XL pipeline with oil-laden freight trains from Canada may result in an average of six additional rail-related deaths per year, according to a U.S. State Department report that is adding to pressure for President Barack Obama to approve the line. The long-awaited study, released on Friday, focused on the environmental impact of TransCanada's $5.4 billion pipeline, but also spent several pages analyzing the potential human impact of various ways to transport oil, using historical...
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