Why more pipelines won’t solve the problem of oil-train explosions

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By Ben AdlerApr 6, 2015, 6:02 pm255 pts
In the last few years, the grassroots environmental movement has energetically opposed constructing big new oil pipelines in North America. Their opposition is understandable, since, on a global level, fossil fuel infrastructure encourages fossil fuel consumption, contributing to climate change, and, on a local…

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