The fiery derailment of a 106-car oil train in North Dakota on Monday is the latest manifestation of the perils that come with expanding shipments of the country’s Bakken oil bounty by rail. The Wall Street Journal has a good update, as does NPR. An Associated Press report included this context: (Read more… http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/01/01/the-hazards-of-moving-oil-by-rail-again-on-display-this-time-in-north-dakota/)

(English, Article, 2014)

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