Bomb Trains: What Can We Learn From Shipping Ethanol to Improve Oil-By-Rail Safety?

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By Justin MikulkaSep 14, 2016, 3:17 pm188 pts
This article is the first in a series by DeSmog on the safety of shipping ethanol and oil by rail. From 2010 to 2015, the total number of tank cars moving ethanol by rail was more than 1.98 million. That's about 18 percent greater than the more than 1.68 million tank cars of crude oil shipped over the…

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