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Oregon Leaders Call For Moratorium On Oil Trains In Gorge
Oregon Leaders Call For Moratorium On Oil Trains In Gorge
by Conrad Wilson OPB: June 6, 2016
Union Pacific began running trains Sunday past the site of an oil train derailment in the Columbia River Gorge.
Local officials in Mosier, the site of Friday’s oil train derailment, said they counted five trains moving through town Sunday night.
The Washington Department of Ecology indicated Monday that crews found more spilled oil in a pipe near the town’s waste water treatment facility. Crews have already removed about 10,000 gallons of oil and water from the treatment facility. Officials said 42,000 gallons of oil spilled and about 32,000 gallons burned off.
A video posted online by the nonprofit environmental group Columbia Riverkeeper shows trains passing within feet of several derailed oil cars. ....
by Conrad Wilson OPB: June 6, 2016
Union Pacific began running trains Sunday past the site of an oil train derailment in the Columbia River Gorge.
Local officials in Mosier, the site of Friday’s oil train derailment, said they counted five trains moving through town Sunday night.
The Washington Department of Ecology indicated Monday that crews found more spilled oil in a pipe near the town’s waste water treatment facility. Crews have already removed about 10,000 gallons of oil and water from the treatment facility. Officials said 42,000 gallons of oil spilled and about 32,000 gallons burned off.
A video posted online by the nonprofit environmental group Columbia Riverkeeper shows trains passing within feet of several derailed oil cars. ....
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