An Accident Waiting to Happen
In 2013, 69 percent of Bakken oil traveled by rail; that percentage is expected to reach 90 percent this year.
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Tar Sands Oil Boom Drives Push for A Northern Pipeline
As debate over the Keystone XL and other pipeline projects continues, crude oil from the Alberta tar sands and western U.S. oil fields is increasingly being hauled by railroad. Critics warn that this development poses a threat not only to the environment but to public safety.