Oil trains are blowing up all over the place

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By John LightFeb 17, 2015, 4:13 pm156 pts
Two tanker trains full of crude oil have derailed and burst into flames in the last few days, one in West Virginia and one in Ontario. They’re the most recent examples of a phenomenon that’s increasingly common as fracking for oil becomes a top American pastime. The West Virginia accident happened on…

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