NY Riverkeeper Sues Federal DOT Over New Oil Train Regs

The fossil fuel hating New York Riverkeeper--not to be confused with fossil fuel hating THE Delaware Riverkeeper--has just sued the U.S. Dept. of Transportation over rules the DOT recently issued with regard to railroads transporting crude oil (usually Bakken crude) through New York State. Riverkeeper is being joined in their frivolous lawsuit by several other odious anti-drilling, anti-capitalist Big Green organizations: Earthjustice, Waterkeeper Alliance, ForestEthics and the Sierra Clubbers. Riverkeeper says the DOT's new rules for oil trains won't protect rivers like the Hudson...

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