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Crude Oil Transport

New Investigative Report Documents Threat from Oil Trains on Nation’s Neglected Rail Infrastructure

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With a 5,000% increase in oil train traffic, Waterkeepers across the U.S. identify significant areas of concern with 114 railway bridges along known and potential routes of explosive oil trains

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‘Extra-flammable’ crude oil being stored at Riverhead oil tanks; town officials, first responders kept in the dark

Oil pipelines draw criticism from foes

OUR VIEW: Safety rules for oil trains must be tougher

Pilgrim foes gather forces

The Risks of Oil Trains

Garrison Program Focuses On Dangers Of Oil Transport Near Hudson Valley

Hudson River fix will take a collective community effort

Lebrun: Where are our crude oil-train watchers?

Citizen Action Needed: Pilgrim Pipelines

A proposal has been made by Pilgrim Pipeline Holdings, LLC for two parallel pipelines each up to 20 inches in diameter that would run from Albany, NY to Linden, NJ. One pipeline would transport crude oil south while the other pipeline would carry refined products north. In total, the pipeline would cover some 178 miles, crossing Albany, Greene, Ulster, Orange, and Rockland counties. Within these counties the proposed pipelines would cross the municipalities of: Albany, Rensselaer, Kingston, Newburgh (Town + City) Coxsackie, Catskill, Athens, Saugerties, Marlborough, Plattekill, Cornwall, New Windsor, […]

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Tell Gov. Hochul to block invasive species at the Erie and Champlain canals
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