On June 3, 2016, a 96-car Union Pacific train loaded with crude oil originating from the Bakken Shale region was headed to a refinery in Tacoma, Washington. The train derailed on the route, causing a fire, an oil spill, and serious disruption to rural Mosier, Oregon (population 433). Interstate 84 was closed. Mosier’s wastewater treatment […]
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