ApocaDocs: More oil spilled from trains in 2013 than in previous 4 decades

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Posted Thu Jan 23 2014: from McClatchy:


	More oil spilled from trains in 2013 than in previous 4 decades http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1390489013 More crude oil was spilled in U.S. rail incidents last year than was spilled in the nearly four decades since the federal government began collecting data on such spills, an analysis of the data shows. Including major derailments in Alabama and North Dakota, more than 1.15 million gallons of crude oil was spilled from rail cars in 2013, according to data from the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration. By comparison, from 1975 to 2012, U.S. railroads spilled a combined 800,000 gallons of crude oil. The spike underscores new concerns about the safety of such shipments as rail has become the preferred mode for oil producers amid a North American energy boom.

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