In the US, BNSF Railroad is marketing its ability to ship fracked crude oil by rail. As the Sacramento Bee reports, this poses a serious hazard for those of us who live along the railroad tracks. As far as I know, the Union Pacific is not shipping oil on the Donner Pass Route that goes past my home, but BNSF is apparently using the Union Pacific's Feather River Route, which goes through a Sierra mountain pass that is ecologically sensitive, the watershed of the Feather River that feeds into the Sacramento River. A derailment could poison most of the water supply of Northern California.

-Joe-