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Fires Dwindling in Illinois Oil Train Blaze After Derailment
2015-03-09 13:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Firefighters on Sunday were still working to extinguish the last of a series of fires that erupted when a BNSF Railway train loaded with crude oil derailed two days ago in a rural area south of Galena, Illinois, a local official said. The incident marked the latest in a series of derailments in North America involving trains hauling crude oil, heightening focus on rail safety. Nobody was injured in the fiery Thursday wreck, in which 21 cars of a 105-car BNSF train that originated in North Dakota...
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Derailed Oil Train Continues To Burn In Illinois
2015-03-07 07:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: A derailed oil train continues to burn in northwestern Illinois near the Mississippi River town of Galena more than 24 hours after it crashed. It is the third fiery derailment of trains carrying crude from the Bakken area of North Dakota in the past three weeks, raising more questions about the volatility of the oil and the safety of the tank cars used to transport crude. No one was hurt when the BNSF Railway freight train derailed at about 1:20 p.m. Thursday in a hilly and heavily wooded area...
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Area Disposal Buys Illinois Waste Roll-Off Firm Captain Hook
2015-03-06 11:00:00| Waste Age
Area Disposal Service Inc. has purchased Captain Hook Inc., an Illinois waste roll-off container business, for an undisclosed amount. read more
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Broad, Bipartisan Group Announces Market-Based Solution Preserving Low-Carbon Energy In Illinois
2015-03-02 03:36:48| pollutiononline News Articles
A bipartisan group of legislators, along with business, labor and community leaders, today announced their support for legislation creating a state Low Carbon Portfolio Standard that establishesIllinoisas a national leader in efforts to reduce carbon emissions with minimal consumer impacts
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Illinois plan would aid Exelon nuclear plants
2015-02-27 15:24:55| Energy - Topix.net
In this March 16, 2011 file photo, steam escapes from Exelon Corp.'s nuclear plant in Byron, Ill. Illinois lawmakers are considering clean-energy legislation backed by Exelon Corp. to keep three unprofitable nuclear plants afloat.
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