link. NO OIL TRAINS in north Idaho and Spokane! Come to Clark College in Vancouver, Washington, before 5 pm on Tuesday, October 29, to participate in a rally, press conference, and the first public hearing about the unprecedented, proposed 360,000-barrel-per-day Tesoro Savage rail-to-port Bakken shale

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NO OIL TRAINS in north Idaho and Spokane! Come to Clark College in Vancouver, Washington, before 5 pm on Tuesday, October 29, to participate in a rally, press conference, and the first public hearing about the unprecedented, proposed 360,000-barrel-per-day Tesoro Savage rail-to-port Bakken shale (and eventually tar sands?) oil terminal at the publicly owned Port of Vancouver on the Columbia River. Based on public input, the Washington Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council will make a recommendation to Governor Inslee, who can grant or deny facility construction. A Bakken shale oil train exploded and killed 47 people in Lac-Megantic, Quebec, on July 6, and Tesoro is still cleaning (covering) up a September 29 pipeline oil spill en route to a North Dakota rail terminal.

EFSEC Scoping Hearing for Tesoro Savage Project | Columbia Riverkeeper EFSEC Scoping Hearing for...

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Of the Northwest’s proposed oil-by-rail projects, the largest is the Tesoro Savage project proposed at the Port of Vancouver. In summer 2013, the Port approved a lease agreement with Tesoro Savage to ship up to a staggering 360,000 barrels of crude oil each day along the Columbia River. The proposed...

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