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North Dakota Train Explosion Adds Fuel to Keystone XL Pipeline Debate
Posted by Bloomberg: Jim Snyder, Lynn Doan and Bradley Olson on December 31st, 2013
Bloomberg: The derailment and fire that led to the evacuation of a North Dakota town has renewed the debate over whether it’s safer to ship oil by rail or pipeline as the U.S. completes a review of the Keystone XL project.
“Any time there is an incident, you have heightened talk and scrutiny on oil transportation,” Brigham McCown, a former director of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, said yesterday in an interview. “It will add to the conversation.”
Public safety officials urged...