Regulators Helped Oil-by-Rail Company Avoid Environmental Review, California Court Rules

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By Justin MikulkaJun 27, 2017, 4:57 pm202 pts
This week, a court in California overturned a permit allowing the expansion of an oil-by-rail terminal near Bakersfield, California. The opinion from that court ruling reads like a case study for corporations looking to avoid the two biggest hurdles to getting such a project approved: environmental review and…

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