Minority, Low-Income Communities Bear Risk From Oil Trains In California (xpost from CA)

[KamaAina]

Try to contain your shock.

http://www.itakelibertywithmycoffee.com/2015/07/minority-low-income-communities-bear-disproportionate-share-of-risk-from-oil-trains-in-california/

People of color and low-income communities are bearing a disproportionate burden of risk from dangerous oil trains rolling through California, according to a new report by ForestEthics and Communities for a Better Environment.

Called "Crude Injustice On The Rails," the report found that 80 percent of the 5.5 million Californians with homes in the oil train blast zone - the one-mile region around train tracks that would need to be evacuated in the event of an oil train derailment, explosion and fire - live in communities with predominantly minority, low-income or non-English speaking households.

Nine of California's 10 largest cities that have oil train routes running through them have an even higher rate of "discriminatory impact," the authors of the report found. In those cities, 82–100 percent of people living in the blast zone are in what they call "environmental justice communities."

"In California you are 33 percent more likely to live in the blast zone if you live in a nonwhite, low income, or non-English speaking household," Matt Krogh, ForestEthics extreme oil campaign director and one of the authors of the report, said in a statement.

[randys1]

1. Cant be, I heard racism is gone, Jim Crow is gone, white supremacy is gone. Surely this

cant be true...




Or



It is true and so is it true that we still have massive racism, endless Jim Crow and so on.

Under the radar, sure, but still here, you betcha

[pinboy3niner]

2. Now check the risk from hazmat pipelines. nt

[MicaelS]

3. Oil is going to be moved, one method or another.

Trains can wreck and explode. Pipelines can rupture and explode. Ships can sink and cause spills. If we want out modern lifestyle this is something we have to accept.

[Stardust]

4. Here's a link where you can find out if you're in the zone:

http://explosive-crude-by-rail.org/

I am.