Tag: oil train
Forecast for 2020: More oil trains, fires, spills, and the rise...
If past is prelude, the regulatory and market conditions show North America is poised for another rise in “bomb trains.”
Canadian government declares oil trains safe and plans to get into...
Here's why that's bad news for the communities in both Canada and the U.S. where this influx of oil train traffic will pass.
BNSF Challenges Lawsuit from Engineer Who Ran for His Life From...
After former BNSF locomotive engineer, Bryan Thompson, suffered injuries from an oil-by-rail train the company is arguing that some federal laws protect them from paying. Are U.S. laws and policies structured to favor the powerful rail industry over people?
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Artificial intelligence: profit versus freedom
As with previous technological breakthroughs, AI places on society’s agenda both new issues and old contentious ones.
A telling tale of two press lords
Rupert Murdoch made the world safe for grand fortune. E.W. Scripps had a better idea.
Wildlife living in cities exemplify ‘urban trait syndrome,’ study says
What can city dwellers do to help create and nurture a healthier environment for urban wildlife?
Missouri set to execute Marcellus Williams despite DNA evidence proving innocence—again
Unless we reform this corrupt system, racist politicians will be rewarded with higher political offices–for–”frying a black man.”
Writers reach tentative deal with Hollywood studios after nearly 150 days on strike
"It is the leverage generated by your strike, in concert with the extraordinary support of our union siblings, that finally brought the companies back to the table to make a deal."