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Enviro Groups Sue BNSF

Item: Groups sue BNSF, say coal trains pollute waterways: Open-top rail cars the source, they say /Becky Kramer, SR

More Info: BNSF Railway Co. is polluting Washington’s waterways with releases of coal dust and chunks of coal from open-top rail cars, a lawsuit filed Wednesday alleges. The Spokane Riverkeeper joined the Sierra Club, Puget Soundkeeper Alliance and other nonprofit groups in filing the suit in U.S. District Court in Spokane. A companion lawsuit was filed in Western Washington.

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