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Crude oil’s growing rail transport problem

(Source: CNBC, February 17, 2015) NEW YORK — A CSX train carrying Bakken oil derailed and erupted into flames in West Virginia on Monday, adding to the growing debate about the safety of transporting crude on America’s railroads. The crash is the second in 10...

Oil train derailments renew questions about safety

(Source: Los Angeles Times, February 16, 2015) LOS ANGELES — The derailments this week of two trains carrying crude oil have raised new questions about the adequacy of federal efforts to improve the safety of moving oil on tank cars from new North American wells to...