Oil companies would rather let trains explode than cooperate with feds

Grist
By John UptonApr 9, 2014, 1:03 pm581 ptsHotTop
As federal officials work frantically to reverse an uptick in explosions and oil spills from crude-hauling trains, the companies that are fracking the crude and transporting it by rail are responding with an unhelpful collective shrug. Lawmakers and regulators want information from the oil companies…

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