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Here is the beginning of the reaction that will make this the most costly train wreck in history:   <a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2013/0707/Does-Canada-train-blast-show-danger-of-oil-transport-in-US">http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2013/0707/Does-Canada-train-blast-show-danger-of-oil-transport-in-US</a> QUOTE FROM THE LINK:    <h1 class="head">Does Canada train blast show danger of oil transport in US?</h1> The derailment of a train loaded with crude oil in Quebec resulted in devastating explosions and fire. The accident raises questions about the safety of shipping oil through Maine to New Brunswick’s coastal refineries. Across the border in Maine, the tragedy is likely to turn up the volume on an existing debate about the safety of shipping crude oil through the state from <a title="Title: Canada" href="http://www.csmonitor.com/tags/topic/Canada" target="_self">Canada</a>’s western petroleum region to New Brunswick’s coastal refineries. The proposed Keystone XL pipeline would move much of this heavy oil from Canada south through the <a title="Title: United States" href="http://www.csmonitor.com/tags/topic/United+States" target="_self">US</a> to Texas. Its backers say this means of transportation is safer than is freight transport. But it has been blocked, for now, by environmental concerns. That means railroads continue to carry the bulk of this oil cargo. But Maine environmentalists aren’t happy about this, either. On June 27 six members of the protest group “350 Maine” were arrested in the south-central town of Fairfield for blocking railroad tracks with signs calling to “Stop Fracked Oil”.
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