"U.S. Green Groups Sue in Challenge To Oil Train Safety Rules"

"Seven environmental groups filed a lawsuit on Thursday challenging safety rules issued earlier this month for trains carrying oil, arguing the regulations are too weak to protect the public.

The groups, including the Sierra Club and Center for Biological Diversity, charge that the rules, issued on May 1, will allow industry to continue to use 'unsafe tank cars' for up to 10 years and fail to set adequate speed limits for oil trains.

'We’re suing the administration because these rules won’t protect the 25 million Americans living in the oil train blast zone,' said Todd Paglia, executive director for ForestEthics, one of the groups bringing the lawsuit."

Ayesha Rascoe reports for Reuters May 14, 2015.

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