One of the grave threats to the American River comes from the increasing numbers of trains carrying unconventional oil through Sacramento. These trains, some of them up to 100 cars in length, carry extremely flammable Bakken crude and extremely toxic tar sands oil. An oil spill along the river would be disastrous--for us, the animals, and the habitat. A tar sands spill into the Kalamazoo River 4 years ago has cost over $1 billion in clean-up costs so far and the river is still contaminated. The SCUSD school board is considering writing a letter opposing increased oil trains through Sac since 17 schools and 13,000 students are within the blast zone; Courtyard School is right below the tracks.
On Saturday, July 11, you can join the vigil to stop oil trains (11 am–1 pm) after the FORB event. We are lining the streets from the train station to the Capitol…the 1-mile blast zone. Laurie will be at the train station (5th & I) with signs that have a space to fill in what you want to protect--name your favorite species, person, place, or thing threatened by oil trains. Wear explosive colors: orange, red, and yellow.
On Saturday, July 11, you can join the vigil to stop oil trains (11 am–1 pm) after the FORB event. We are lining the streets from the train station to the Capitol…the 1-mile blast zone. Laurie will be at the train station (5th & I) with signs that have a space to fill in what you want to protect--name your favorite species, person, place, or thing threatened by oil trains. Wear explosive colors: orange, red, and yellow.
Please send this blog post on to others who may want to join these events.
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