Seen at Rough & Tumble:
Call for Suspension of Crude-by-Rail Shipments After Feather River Derailment -- A prominent critic of the state’s readiness to respond to potential crude-by-rail accidents wants Gov. Jerry Brown to impose a moratorium on oil trains traveling through Northern California’s Feather River Canyon and more than a dozen other sections of railroad throughout the state. Dan Brekke
KQED Tony Bizjak in the
Sacramento Bee$ -- 12/2/14
The Bee article does point out that there are significant limitations on what state-level politicians can do about controlling movement of cargo on railroads ...