Critics question state pipeline oversight after 2 Altamont oil spills

Critics question state pipeline oversight after 2 Altamont oil spills 

By Ted Goldberg, KQED News (Oct 10, 2016) – “The California fire marshal used to be considered one of the better state regulators in the country, and then they went through some funding issues,’ says Carl Weimer, executive director of the Pipeline Safety Trust, a Bellingham, Washington-based nonprofit. ‘They actually backed away from a lot of their regulatory authority,’ Weimer says.”