Cost of Doing Business? Oil Companies Agree To Pay For Some of Lac-Megantic Damages, But Not to Solve the Real Problems

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By Justin MikulkaJun 21, 2015, 8:58 am250 pts
Although insisting the industry is not to blame, several of the oil companies involved in the fatal Lac-Megantic oil train accident in 2013 have agreed to contribute to a fund to compensate the families of the 47 victims in that accident. The Wall Street Journal reported recently that oil companies Shell,…

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