Oil trains have 3 more years to explode, thanks to weak Obama rule

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By Luke WhelanMay 4, 2015, 3:06 pm50 pts
This story was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Trains hauling crude oil have continued to explode across the United States and Canada this year as oil production booms in North Dakota and Alberta. Nearly two dozen oil trains have derailed…

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