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Crude Oil Trains in Baltimore: Too Dangerous for the Rails
Big Oil companies’ push to extract and refine more extreme forms of oil has led to unprecedented transport of explosive and climate-polluting crude oil on our nation’s rail lines.
Crude oil train traffic grew 5,100 percent from 2008 to 2014 due to the rapid increase in fracking for oil in the Bakken shale fields of North Dakota and in tar sands oil extraction in Canada. An alarming number of derailments and explosions across North America has followed.
In Maryland, crude oil trains are a danger to communities near rail lines across the state and to Baltimore in particular. The oil industry has
Rally to Reclaim Renewable Energy
Join us for a rally outside the Maryland State House to Reclaim Renewable Energy!
For years, communities on the frontline of trash incinerators have been fighting against the state of Maryland's greenwashing: Maryland designates trash incinerators as "renewable energy" in our Renewable Portfolio Standard, and wastes money subsidizing polluting incinerators that should be supporting real renewable energy.
Every year that Maryland delays fixing this expensive problem, the state is throwing away $24 million subsidizing three incinerators - in Baltimore City, Montgomery County, and Lorton, VA -
Rally to Reclaim Renewable Energy
Join us for a rally outside the Maryland State House to Reclaim Renewable Energy!
For years, communities on the frontline of trash incinerators have been fighting against the state of Maryland's greenwashing: Maryland designates trash incinerators as "renewable energy" in our Renewable Portfolio Standard, and wastes money subsidizing polluting incinerators that should be supporting real renewable energy.
Every year that Maryland delays fixing this expensive problem, the state is throwing away $24 million subsidizing three incinerators - in Baltimore City, Montgomery County, and Lorton, VA -