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Showing Original Post only (View all)Oil train derails near Mosier in Columbia River Gorge [View all]
Source: Oregonian
A multi-car oil train derailment in the Columbia River Gorge Friday near Mosier sent up a massive plume of black smoke and stoked long-standing fears about the risks of hauling crude oil through one of the Pacific Northwest's most renowned landmarks.
Justin Jacobs, a Union Pacific spokesman, said the derailed train was operated by his company.
Read more: http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2016/06/oil_train_derails_near_hood_ri.html
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They want to run those trains thru Seattle like the billions of tons of coal we now see.
rhett o rick
Jun 2016
#3
We are selling a major energy source cheap and you think it's for jobs? First of all there
rhett o rick
Jun 2016
#8
Thank you for allowing the nuclear waste to be buried in your backyard....now if only
Tikki
Jun 2016
#30
Are you on the correct message board? Nuc's are terribly expensive. Do you know how much
rhett o rick
Jun 2016
#34
Wrong on so many counts. The cost of building a nuc power plant is cost prohibitive.
rhett o rick
Jun 2016
#41
Yes an article written from the view point of "experts" that have financial biases for nuclear.
rhett o rick
Jun 2016
#47
Or we'd be awash in more 3 Mile Islands and Fukishimas. Nuclear is not a viable option to pursue.
FighttheFuture
Jun 2016
#45
"livelihoods!" Really?! Not every job is worth preserving. It woudl be better, and cheaper to
FighttheFuture
Jun 2016
#44