Oil-by-Rail Giant BNSF Threatens Shutdown Over Safety

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By Justin MikulkaOct 1, 2015, 2:32 pm151 pts
In June of 2014, a representative of oil-by-rail giant Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) attended a meeting with regulators where the American Association of Railroads (AAR) lobbied against any speed limits for oil trains. One of the slides from that presentation – titled “Far Reaching Economic Impacts”…

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