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Saturday, July 2, 2016
EVENTS: Vigil for Explosion Victims - Gas Pipeline Meeting - New Yorkers for Clean Power
Climate Justice Coalition of WNY 3 Opportunities to be Engaged
Vigil to Remember Victims of Lac Magantic
When:Wednesday, July 6 from 5 PM to 6:30 PM
Where:
People's Park on Main St, near Jewett Pkwy. (next to railroad tracks
and near the Tri-Main Building). People's Park is adjacent to the
railroad tracks that course through Buffalo's Parkside Community. Those
tracks carry manifest trains that sometimes have 20+ DOT-111 tanker cars
carrying explosive Bakken crude oil.
Why:
On July 6, 2013, an unattended bomb train rolled down a 7 mile long
hill and derailed at 60 MPH in downtown Lac Megantic Quebec, killing 47
people, and two others, who committed suicide at a later date -- one was
a first responder who had pulled the body of his ex-girl friend from
the ashes.
Explosive Bakken crude oil is carried daily through Buffalo by rail.
Names of the
victims of Lac Megantic will be read to remind people that it's not a
matter of if a similar accident will happen again, but when.
Sponsors: WNY Drilling Defense, Environmental Justice Task Force of WNY Peace Center and Sierra Club Niagara Group.
ate Justice Coalition of WNY
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