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Environmental

Oct. 11, 2014

Environmentalists escalate legal attacks on oil trains entering California

Citing concerns over air pollution and public safety, the Sierra Club and others allege Kern County did a flawed environmental review of a proposed oil train facility in Bakersfield


By Fiona Smith


Daily Journal Staff Writer


In their latest legal attack against the growth of trains bringing crude oil into California, environmental groups sued Kern County on Thursday after it approved a major train offloading facility in Bakersfield. The Sierra Club, Center for Biological Diversity and Association of Irritated Residents claim that officials failed to address major effects of the proposed Alon Bakersfield Refinery project, such as inc...

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