Highly volatile Oil & Coal Trains are a threat to the people of the Pacific Northwest. It will impact our environment. It will impact indigenous populations who rely on a clean ecosystem for traditional foods.
Why is this important?
It's about the current threat to our ecosystem. The Oil & Coal Trains are hauling highly volatile crude oil in transport cars that have been deemed to be in unsafe condition. With the combination of higher volume of oil & crude along with sub-standard condition cars it is a ticking time bomb. Uncovered coal trains are contaminating the air and areas surrounding the railroads. The surrounding communities where the railroads travel do not have resources to respond to a derailment of this magnitude.
