More Oil Spilled from Trains in 2013 than in Previous 4 Decades

speaking of spills related to the fossil fuel industry more oil was spilled from trains in 2013 than in the previous four decades combined and that's not even counting all the final numbers from 2013 this is a story for mcclatchy DC Anthony sent it to me more crude oil was spilled in American rail incidents during 2013 then was spilled in nearly or decades since the federal government began collecting this data on this type up spill including major derailment in Alabama and North Dakota over one point 15 million gallons of crude oil was spilled from rail cars in 2013 according to data from the pipeline and hazardous materials Safety Administration let's compare that one point $15 million in 2013 the amounts billed between 1975 and 2012 which combined to spill 800,000 gallons of crude oil this spike is underscoring new concerns about the safety of shipping these types love a bug materials via rail which has become increasingly popular for North American energy companies the federal data isn't including a Canadian spill a couple of Canadian spills that originated in the US and are really US oil US companies and also it is not yet including a spill that took place on december thirtieth in North Dakota so these numbers are actually lowers we might have in 2013 50 percent more oil spilled from trains then in four decades prior and again we don't really hear much about this we just need to keep that oil flowing right I'm be it's you know it's not safe when it's going through pipelines not safe when it's on a train it's not safe when it's in a ship hearing it across the ocean I we really just need to be of this stuff completely will let me sum it up for the audience we're dependent on fossil fuels which are polluting the environment and creating political tensions and now the fossil fuels are spilling from the slow and antiquated trains that we seem to get no political will to improve speed up and develop in part because of the fossil fuel lobby is that are involved with the oil that is spilling from the slow train say that this is America Louis this is the country we live in yeah it's a it's embarrassing I say that a lot but it really is embarrassing