Oil train derails in Virginia, explodes, pollutes river

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By John UptonMay 1, 2014, 12:13 am32 pts
Oil trains keep exploding across Canada and the U.S. Canada has at least started making moves to get the most dangerous, puncture-prone cars off its rails. The U.S., not so much. So now we have the latest oil-train disaster: a derailment and explosion in Lynchburg, Va., which contaminated a source of…

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