News Briefs: Oil Train Derailment Threatens Water, Triggers More Questions

News Briefs: Oil Train Derailment Threatens Water, Triggers More Questions

Officials in Richmond, Va., took precautionary measures on Wednesday, April 30, to protect the city’s water supply after a train carrying crude oil derailed 100 miles upstream in downtown Lynchburg. About 15 tank cars jumped the track and ignited, causing an evacuation of about...

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