Quebec's Lac-Mégantic Oil Train Disaster Not Just Tragedy, But Corporate Crime

Guardian UK - Five days after a train carrying crude oil derailed and exploded in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, the rural town resembles a scene of desolation. Its downtown is a charred sacrifice zone. 50 people are likely dead, making the train's toll one of the worst disasters in recent Canadian history.

In the explosion's aftermath, politicians and media pundits have wagged their finger about the indecency of "politicizing" the event, of grappling with deeper explanations.  Read more.