Another Oil Train Crashes as Alberta Government Gets Into Oil-by-Rail Business

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By Justin MikulkaFeb 26, 2019, 11:51 am261 pts
Read time: 4 mins The government of Alberta, Canada, the heart of tar sands country, recently announced plans to get into the oil-by-rail business. Attempting to work around a lack of pipelines, the provincial government intends to spend $3.7 billion to lease 4,400 oil tank cars and locomotives to export…

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