Oregon explosion reminds us that oil trains are “weapons of mass destruction”

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By Katie HerzogJun 6, 2016, 6:48 pm95 pts
An oil train that went off the tracks and burst into flames in the Columbia River Gorge in Oregon last week hasn’t been cleaned up yet, but the railroad is already back to business as usual. And many North Americans are feeling renewed anxieties about the danger of what activists call “bomb trains.”…

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