As we release our North American crude-by-rail online map and report , it is worth taking a look at one of the most repeated false claims that the oil industry and its supporters make about crude-by-rail. A major talking point for pipeline proponents is the assertion that crude-by-rail is growing simply because pipeline projects are being blocked by environmentalists. In particular, the ongoing battle over the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline is often cited as a trigger for crude-by-rail. Nothing could be further from the truth. The truth is that crude-by-rail has grown in spite of, not because of, […]

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