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(33,148 posts) Fri Jun 3, 2016, 03:32 PM Jun 2016

Oil train derails near Mosier in Columbia River Gorge [View all]

Source: Oregonian

A multi-car oil train derailment in the Columbia River Gorge Friday near Mosier sent up a massive plume of black smoke and stoked long-standing fears about the risks of hauling crude oil through one of the Pacific Northwest's most renowned landmarks.

Justin Jacobs, a Union Pacific spokesman, said the derailed train was operated by his company.

Read more: http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2016/06/oil_train_derails_near_hood_ri.html

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Oil train derails, catches fire near Hood River mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2016 #1

That's my old territory in the 1990's Gore1FL Jun 2016 #4

Just up river wallyworld2 Jun 2016 #12

That is a perfect photo wallyworld2 Jun 2016 #14

Yes, it is a beautiful area CentralMass Jun 2016 #28

Damn! classof56 Jun 2016 #2

What do you mean by that last sentence? Brickbat Jun 2016 #5

They want to run those trains thru Seattle like the billions of tons of coal we now see. rhett o rick Jun 2016 #3

Would you rather it be used here StarTrombone Jun 2016 #6

We are selling a major energy source cheap and you think it's for jobs? First of all there rhett o rick Jun 2016 #8

Coal doesn't just jump out of the ground and into the train StarTrombone Jun 2016 #9

Not really Kelvin Mace Jun 2016 #10

Exactly wallyworld2 Jun 2016 #13

You are correct rhett o rick sorefeet Jun 2016 #23

There are two kinds of good jobs trudyco Jun 2016 #24

A clean, sustainable environment and jobs are not mutually exclusive. beardown Jun 2016 #11

Yep, threatening job loss is a very Republican tactic. /nt trudyco Jun 2016 #25

That is what we have been hearing for most of my life and jwirr Jun 2016 #17

We did start in the 40's StarTrombone Jun 2016 #19

Sure, sure sure RobertEarl Jun 2016 #20

Um trudyco Jun 2016 #26

Thank you for allowing the nuclear waste to be buried in your backyard....now if only Tikki Jun 2016 #30

Do you live downstream from an actively leaking nuke site? passiveporcupine Jun 2016 #32

Actually I live within the 1st ring of the Palo Verde Nuclear facility StarTrombone Jun 2016 #36

So you don't have nuclear waste leaching into your ground water? passiveporcupine Jun 2016 #38

Someday...was over 60 years ago. Tikki Jun 2016 #39

Are you on the correct message board? Nuc's are terribly expensive. Do you know how much rhett o rick Jun 2016 #34

The Nuclear Option Could Be Best Bet to Combat Climate Change StarTrombone Jun 2016 #40

Wrong on so many counts. The cost of building a nuc power plant is cost prohibitive. rhett o rick Jun 2016 #41

Oh who to believe StarTrombone Jun 2016 #46

Yes an article written from the view point of "experts" that have financial biases for nuclear. rhett o rick Jun 2016 #47

Or we'd be awash in more 3 Mile Islands and Fukishimas. Nuclear is not a viable option to pursue. FighttheFuture Jun 2016 #45

"livelihoods!" Really?! Not every job is worth preserving. It woudl be better, and cheaper to FighttheFuture Jun 2016 #44

The coal dust from those trains is not good for the Gorge either. passiveporcupine Jun 2016 #31

K&R felix_numinous Jun 2016 #7

Tar Sands oil from Utah? Dont call me Shirley Jun 2016 #15

humanity is suicidal & stupid. pansypoo53219 Jun 2016 #16

I just realized the acronym for that is H.I.S.S. Haha. /nt trudyco Jun 2016 #27

This was bound to happen eventually. HuckleB Jun 2016 #18

I presict elljay Jun 2016 #21

Live by the oil Punx Jun 2016 #22

That is going to be a big mess...wonder if we will still see the after-math.... Tikki Jun 2016 #29

This picture shows how close it is to the windsurfing in Hood River. passiveporcupine Jun 2016 #33

The fire is still burning with no end in sight. nm rhett o rick Jun 2016 #35

I was told they needed it to just burn itself out. passiveporcupine Jun 2016 #43

for god's sake EndElectoral Jun 2016 #37

some good news passiveporcupine Jun 2016 #42