Groups file lawsuit against Department of Transportation for inadequate action on oil train risks
The crude-by-rail explosion in Lac-Mégantic, Canada in 2013 killed 47 people. Photo courtesy of Sûreté du Québec
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 11, 2014. Sierra Club, ForestEthics, and Earthjustice have filed a lawsuit against the Department of Transportation today for failing to respond to a legal petitionfiled on July 15, 2014 calling for an emergency order prohibiting the use of hazardous rail cars—known…
