Episode 210 - Lac-Megantic Disaster - Environmental Crimes

Brew Crime is back covering Environments Crimes. Mike tells us about the Lac-Megantic Disaster and the corners that were cut to cause it.

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Canada. Department of Transportation. (n.d.). Lac-Mégantic Rail Bypass: Decision of the Minister and Statement of Reasons. Retrieved from https://tc.canada.ca/en/rail-transportation/lac-megantic-rail-bypass/decision-minister-statement-reasons  

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Canada. Transportation Safety Board. (2014). Railway Investigation Report R13D0054: Lac-Mégantic runaway train and derailment investigation summary. Retrieved from https://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/rapports-reports/rail/2013/r13d0054/r13d0054-r-es.html  

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