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Deadly derailment adds heat to Keystone XL, crude-by-rail debates
2013-07-10 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
E&E: The fatal weekend derailment of a 73-car oil train in Quebec is adding the heat of disaster politics to the volatile Keystone XL debate, as environmentalists expand their case against fossil-fuel infrastructure beyond pitting rail against pipelines and industry observers wonder if the continental boom in crude on the tracks will slow down in the wake of the incident. Canadian officials yesterday estimated that explosions triggered by the train's unmooring in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, killed at least...
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