Judd Legum

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6. The Obama administration did pass a rule mandating the use of modern electronic braking systems by 2021. But, again, in response to industry lobbying, the Trump administration repealed it. And the Biden administration has not revived it. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 15, 2023

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5. In 2014, following a series of derailments, the Obama admin weighed new rules for trains carrying hazardous materials. But after pressure from railroads, the final measure included only crude oil and exempted chemicals like vinyl chloride carried by the train in Ohio — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 15, 2023

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7. In 2020, the Trump administration also authorized the transport of Liquefied Natural Gas by rail–reversing federal policy. According to one environmental group, “it would only take 22 tank cars to hold the equivalent energy of the Hiroshima bomb.” https://t.co/Q8ssCAf1et — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 15, 2023