Oil on the Tracks—Rail Quietly Picks Up Pipelines’ Slack

EcoWatch: We've talked a lot at DeSmogBlog about oil (and tar sands crude) pipelines. Like the Keystone XL, which TransCanada is currently ramming through Texas, using whatever means necessary (including violence), and Enbridge`s Northern Gateway, which was just declared "dead" by one of Canada`s top newspapers. And we've talked quite a bit about coal trains, but we haven't ever delved into the growing trend of shipping oil by train. Trains are a crucial--and growing--part of oil industry infrastructure,...

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