Ezra Prentice Homes, a public housing complex that is home to 179
families and 288 children, borders an industrial railyard. And since
2012, there has been a spike in trains carrying crude oil through the
community to the railyard. The oil trains are the same type that have
been derailing and exploding their cargo with
unnerving frequency across the country.
After Exxon Mobil sold the property to Global Companies LLC, New York
state officials quietly approved a quadrupling of the amount of crude
oil transported to the site by rail.
Please donate to the legal organisation
Earth Justice. EJ is providing the residents of Ezra Prentice Homes with legal representation.
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