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December 10, 2014

Oil Transportation - The Debate




The case against moving oil by rail




     Transporting oil by rail is 287 times as dangerous and results in 85 times as many deaths as pipeline transportation, according to a State Department report, and costs about twice as much.





The case against moving oil by pipeline



     "This is really a place to draw the line with those who are destroying our climate, destroying our environment..."

               - Hotshot climatologist.


     "Our whole economy is going to look like a place that was hit by Hurricane Sandy if we don't start drawing the line against the greenhouse gases that are creating climate catastrophe and start building an alternate economy."

               - Sustainability hotshot.