12.01.14
:: Rvk in the Press :: Westfair Communications
Preserve River Ecology
11.25.14
:: Press Releases :: Crude Oil Transport
Petition Seeks to Limit Length, Weight of Oil and Hazardous Material Trains to Prevent More Derailments
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jared Margolis, Center for Biological Diversity, (971) 717-6404, [email protected] Leah Rae, Riverkeeper, (914) 478-4501 x 238, [email protected] Petition Seeks to Limit Length, Weight of Oil and Hazardous Material Trains to Prevent More Derailments Existing Federal Proposals Fail to Sufficiently Protect Public, Environment From “Bomb Trains” PORTLAND, Ore. – November 25, 2014 — In the face of a dramatic rise in trains carrying explosive crude oil and derailing in a series of devastating accidents, the Center for Biological Diversity and Riverkeeper, Inc. today petitioned the Obama administration […]
11.23.14
:: Rvk in the Press :: Poughkeepsie Journal
Dozens of Hudson Valley schools along oil train tracks
11.21.14
:: Rvk in the Press :: Daily Freeman
Groups say oil tanker cars on trains put Mid-Hudson communities, schools, infrastructure at risk
11.21.14
:: Rvk in the Press :: WAMC Radio
Enviro Health Group Maps Crude Oil Train Risks To Schools
11.20.14
:: Press Releases :: Preserve River Ecology
Groups Applaud Authorities Budget Office for Thorough Review of EFC Clean Water Raid & Operations
In August, the independent state Authorities Budget Office (ABO) announced it was investigating the Environmental Facilities Corporation (EFC) to determine if the state’s laws and processes were followed as the Cuomo Administration sought to raid funds through the Clean Water Act to instead support construction costs of the New New York Bridge.
11.20.14
:: Rvk in the Press :: The Journal News
Danger 101: Oil trains pass near Rockland schools
11.20.14
:: Press Releases :: Crude Oil Transport
Mapping New Risks to Children
Increasing Numbers of Crude Oil Trains Moving Across New York State And Down the Hudson River Valley Pose New Risks to Children, Schools, Communities and the Environment
11.20.14
:: Rvk in the Press :: Shawangunk Journal
Local Keystone? Pilgrim Pipeline Session Focuses On Mysteries & Hydrofracking Concerns
11.18.14
:: Rvk in the Press :: Rochester Democrat & Chronicle
Rail span safety: one inspection down, more needed?
