Oil train disaster in Quebec as oil shipments by rail in Canada rising at...
Please support our coverage of democratic movements and become a supporting member of rabble.ca.In the wee hours of Saturday, July 6, just after midnight, a train hauling 73 cars of petroleum product...
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Oil shipments by rail in Canada rising at 'breakneck speed'
The transport of petroleum products by rail in Canada is skyrocketing. According to CBC News, the number of rail cars of petroleum transported in 2011 was 18,000. The following year, it was 83,500.Oil...
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Oil and blood in Lac-Mégantic
Tuesday, July 9, 2013 Oil and gas flow throughout the Canadian economy like blood through the body, powering the industries which depend on those resources. Please support our coverage of democratic...
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Profits over safety: 'Pipeline on rails' plans boom in Quebec
Monday, July 15, 2013 Railroad industry watchers have predicted even more exponential growth for the "pipeline on rails" boom in the shadow of the stalled Keystone pipeline plans. The boom in oil...
View ArticleHarper's dangerous petro-politicking with rail safety
There was more smoke and mirrors on Canada's rail tracks last week when the Harper Conservative government finally announced their long-awaited changes to rail safety 292 days after the preventable...
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A number is never just a number: Lac-Mégantic crude
Wednesday, September 3, 201472Number of rail cars carrying Bakken crude oil that crashed into the Quebec community of Lac-Mégantic in July 2013, killing 47 people. (Source)85Percentage of tank cars...
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