Derailed Oil Train Spills 230,000 Gallons of Tar Sands in Flooded Iowa River

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By Justin MikulkaJun 25, 2018, 9:25 pm171 ptsTrending
Read time: 7 mins On June 22, a train carrying Canadian crude oil derailed in northwestern Iowa, releasing an estimated 230,000 gallons of oil into a flooded river. As a result of the derailment, over 30 rail tank cars ended up in the water, with 14 cars confirmed to have leaked oil. To put the size of this…

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