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How come people who protest oil rail car traffic don't protest at airports?

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A DOT-111 tank car, specification 111A100W1, constructed by fusion welding carbon steel. This car has a capacity of 30,110 US gallons

Bergen County residents protest oil trains passing through NJ ... Your browser indicates if you've visited this link
Dozens of people crowded a railroad crossing in Bergen County on Saturday to protest oil trains. Rail cars full of Bakken crude oil are being shipped through the county, which residents say is a disaster waiting to happen.

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Activists, unionists protest oil-by-rail » peoplesworld Your browser indicates if you've visited this link
A group of activists blockaded train tracks at a Seattle oil facility on July 28, to protest continuous derailments and crashes of trains carrying oil. The most recent such incident occurred in that very city on July 24, when several cars full of crude oil tipped over, though for once, nothing

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5 arrested in oil train protest at Everett rail yard - KING5 Your browser indicates if you've visited this link
5 arrested in oil train protest at Everett rail yard. One person was sitting atop a tripod erected over the tracks with a sign that read "Cut oil trains not conductors."

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Protesters fight oil trains - Rochester Democrat and Chronicle Your browser indicates if you've visited this link

Holding signs with statements such as "No exploding oil trains" and "Clean Energy Now," about 40 protesters gathered Sunday near the railroad tracks at North Main and Railroad streets in the village of Fairport.

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Crude oil train protests planned in Sacramento, Davis | The ... Your browser indicates if you've visited this link
Laurie Litman, who lives a block from the rail tracks in midtown Sacramento, says oil and rail companies are about to put her neighborhood and plenty of others in danger, and she wants to stop it.