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Environmental

Sep. 25, 2014

Lawsuit opens second attack against oil trains in California

Environmentalists claim officials failed to do CEQA review of train offloading facility near Sacramento.


By Fiona Smith


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Environmentalists fighting the proliferation of trains bringing oil into California have sued Sacramento's air regulatory agency claiming it failed to conduct an environmental review before it allowed a company to start transferring crude from trains to trucks.


Citing concerns over increased air pollution and the risk of fiery derailments, the Sierra Club is demanding the Sacramento Metropolitan A...

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