Mesa
Refinery Watch
Group
• Why MRWG Continues To Publish This Newsletter - 3
A. What’s NEW That You Need To Know
1. Santa Barbara Makes It Even Easier For P66 To Receive Crude Via Pipeline - 3
2. Candidates For SLO County Supervisor Take Stands On The "Dust Issue" - 4
3. Trump Administration Rolls Back Rules On Oil Train Safety - 5
4. Freight Trains Grow Longer & Longer, Leading To Safety Investigations - 5
5. P66 Is Very Willing To Build Pipelines To Access Crude ... In Texas - 6
6. P66's New TV Commercials Tell Customers To "Live To The Full”; That Dog Don't Hunt! - 6
7. Another California Community Succeeds In Opposing Crude-By-Rail - 7
8. "Rudderless" Federal Railroad Administration Loses Its Chief; Disarray Rules - 7
9. Terrorist Threats Against U.S. Railroads Are Real -- Philadelphia Acts To Protect Itself - 8
10. Union Pacific To Miss The Federal Deadline On Installing Crash-Prevention System - 8
11. What Will Drive SLO County's Future Economy? Technology On The Rise! - 9
12. Washington State Rejects Building Nation's Largest Crude Oil Rail Terminal - 9
13. Baltimore Bans New Crude Oil Rail Terminals - 10
14. Protestors Claim Inappropriate Expansion Of Tar Sands Refining At P66's Rodeo Refinery - 10
15. Railway Workers Protest Accident-Prone Rail Conditions - 11
16. It’s Non-Stop -- Serious Railroad & Oil Industry Safety Problems - 12 - 15
B. What Occurred During The Fight To Prevent Crude-By-Rail: A Synopsis Of The Project & The Opposition - 16
C. MRWG Steering Committee Members; Logistics Of This Newsletter - 17