Tag Archive | train derailment
January 12, 2014  

“Are you working for Enbridge?”

Yet another train derailment spilling hazardous materials into burnaby creek. CN says beavers are partly to blame.

Yet another train derailment spills hazardous materials into Burnaby creek. CN says beavers are partly to blame.

October 30, 2013  

“Leave it in the ground!’

As Canadians debate the various dangers of transporting oil-sands bitumen by rail or tanker or pipeline; the best course of action for the environment and our future health remains unstated: leave it in the ground!

As Canadians debate the various dangers of transporting oil-sands bitumen by rail or tanker or pipeline; the best course of action for the environment and our future health remains unstated: leave it in the ground!

July 13, 2013  

Burkhardt fiddles while Lac Mégantic burns

Edward Burkhardt, CEO of Maine and Atlantic Railway, makes flippant jokes mere days after a massive explosion, caused by his company's train derailment, destroys the town and kills up to 50 people.

Edward Burkhardt, CEO of Maine and Atlantic Railway, makes flippant jokes mere days after a massive explosion, caused by his company’s train derailment, destroys the town and kills up to 50 people.