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DeSmogBlog, January 28,2021
Articles include: Pause on Drilling on Federal Lands; LNG-by-Rail Safety Concerns; Scenes from a Locked-Down Washington D.C.; Alberta Inquiry; Cheaper Solar Power; Climate Disinformation Database: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
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DeSmogBlog, May 31, 2020
This week’s articles include:
Canadian Court Slams Trump Climate Advisor in Successful Libel Case
Louisiana Breaks Ground on Isle de Jean Charles Resettlement Project Amid Pandemic
Labor Helps Obama Energy Secretary Push and Profit from ‘Net Zero’ Fossil […]
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Coal Train Protesters Target One of New England’s Last Big Coal Power Plants
This Inside Climate News article discusses how Coal Train Protesters Target One of New England’s Last Big Coal Power Plants. By standing in front of coal trains, they’re starting to draw attention to the power plant’s impact on climate change and ratepayers’ wallets.
Climate activists halted a coal train bound […]
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Studies: A Major but Little-Known Supporter of Climate Denial: Freight Railroads
This The Atlantic article discusses a Major but Little-Known Supporter of Climate Denial: Freight Railroads. For nearly 30 years, America’s four biggest rail companies—which move the majority of the country’s coal—have spent millions to deny climate science and block climate policy.
Two new studies unearthed their influence this fall.
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DeSmogBlog, June 15, 2019
This blog discusses the following:
Following Carcinogen Data Fiasco, Pressure Grows on Massachusetts to Revoke Enbridge Facility Permit
US Poised to Approve Shipping LNG by Rail for Export With No New Safety Rules
House to Debate Amendment With Big Implications for Expanding Petrochemical Industry
Australia’s Controversial Adani Coal Mine […]
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Grassroots Effort In Vancouver Fought Big Oil — And Won
This article talks about how a grassroots effort to stop big oil in Vancover, Canada, was successful. Early this year, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee said no to a massive oil-by-rail terminal proposed in Vancouver, Washington. The city decided that the risk to their people was too high.
So why can’t the […]
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Houston company Targa withdraws plans to ship crude oil through Baltimore
Environmental and neighborhood groups opposed the project because they feared it could lead to oil spills, like those that have occurred after train derailments in Illinois, West Virginia, Virginia and Oregon in recent years. Baltimore Sun, Maryland. Jul 12 2016
http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/green/blog/bs-md-targa-withdraws-20160711-story.html
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Train deaths rise amid energy-driven rail transformation
As railroad tracks become major conduits for oil, petroleum products, and—not as widely noticed—materials like industrial sand, pipe, and chemicals for the hydraulic fracturing of oil and natural gas wells, some states are grappling with changed train routes, speeds and traffic patterns that spell new hazards for pedestrians and […]
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