Three residents of Anacortes and Seattle are currently blockading the oil train facility at Tesoro’s Anacortes Refinery by locking their bodies to barrels full of concrete. Supported by local residents, the three are demanding an immediate halt to the shipment of explosive Bakken oil through Northwest communities, the rejection of all new oil-by-rail terminals proposed for the Northwest, and an end to the refinery’s repeated violations of the Clean Air Act. Last Thursday, July 24th, an oil train bound for Tesoro’s Anacortes Refinery derailed in Seattle. “Thursday’s derailment was the last straw,” says Jan Woodruff, an Anacortes resident. “If Federal and State regulators won’t stand up to the fossil fuel companies endangering our communities, then we, the people of those communities, will do so.” Read more: risingtidenorthamerica.org/2014/07/seattle-residents-blockade-tracks-to-protest-dangerous-oil-by-rail-projects/
Posted on: Mon, 28 Jul 2014 19:06:39 +0000
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