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Washington State Panel Outlines Risk of Oil-by-rail Terminal

posted by mrpg on Saturday November 25 2017, @12:23PM   
from the what-could-go-wrong? dept.

realDonaldTrump writes:

A major oil-by-rail terminal proposed on the Columbia River in Washington state poses a potential risk of oil spills, train accidents and longer emergency response times due to road traffic, an environmental study has found.

Many of the risks could be decreased with certain mitigation measures, but the study released Tuesday outlined four areas where it said the impacts are significant and cannot be avoided.

The study said that while "the likelihood of occurrence of the potential for oil spills may be low, the consequences of the events could be severe."

[...] The study identified the four risks that could not be avoided as train accidents, the emergency response delays, negative impacts of the project on low-income communities and the possibility that an earthquake would damage the facility's dock and cause an oil spill.

Washington state panel outlines risk of oil-by-rail terminal

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• Re:... significant impacts that cannot be avoided? (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 25 2017, @09:13PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 25 2017, @09:13PM (#601499)

  > http://thechoiceperspective.com/2014/09/21/loss-of-atlantic-current-dooms-mankind/ [thechoiceperspective.com]
  > https://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/ciencia/ciencia_industryoil15.htm [bibliotecapleyades.net]
  > Here are a couple examples, from among too many for a bad joke.

  They're not independent: the first page cites the second. It also cites a Russian propaganda outlet, english.ruvr.ru, also known as sputniknews.com. It also says:

  After receiving a contact from a naval scientist via a regular guest on a national radio show on Genesis Network, John Moore sent Dr. Deagle the info on Dr Zangari’s work.

  I think "Genesis Network" refers to the Genesis Communications Network.

  The network is known for conspiracy-theory programming; Alex Jones is its most prominent syndicated personality.

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genesis_Communications_Network

  The first page looks like a bad joke to me.

  As for "Gianluigi Zangari," I am doubtful that's a real person. I searched for his name on the Web, and found the non-peer-reviewed essay cited by your two pages, and little else. A search engine snippet from LinkedIn says:

  Gianluigi Zangari. fisico teorico. Location Rome Area, Italy Industry Research. Current: Project Head at NOUS Neuroscience: Past: Associate Researcher at LNF-INFN, Principal Researcher at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, External Lecturer at ENEA, External Lecturer at...

  https://www.linkedin.com/pub/dir/gianluigi/+/cern-company

  I didn't see any mention of him on the INFN, ENEA or CERN sites and didn't see any Web presence of NOUS Neuroscience.

  A commenter [wordpress.com] on a Web forum wrote

  The coldest winter in a 1000 years is a great example of chinese whispers in the modern media.
  A crackpot called Dr. Gianluigi Zangari claimed that the Gulf Stream had slowed because of the BP oil spill. Some Polish blogs reported it, then a radio show interviewed a meteorologist and asked him what would happen if the Gulf Stream did indeed slow down or stop. The meteorologist said it would become colder in Europe. This was picked up as forecast by Polish newspapers, which then became a story in Russia, which then became ‘Forecasters predict the coldest winter in a 1000 years’.

  That agrees with what I saw elsewhere. It looks like someone created a false identity to spread one piece of disinformation.

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