December 14, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Forum News Service, December 12, 2016) WILLISTON — Stronger oil prices in October prompted a 7.4 percent increase in state oil production, bringing daily production back above 1 million barrels per day, the Department of Mineral Resources said Tuesday. Full...
December 13, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train, UP
(Source: Northwest Public Radio, December 12, 2016) MOSIER, Ore. — The Union Pacific Railroad says it plans to appeal a decision blocking the expansion of its railroad track in Mosier, Oregon. Wasco County denied the proposed development on the basis that it would...
December 9, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Daily Gazette, December 7, 2016) SCHENECTADY, N.Y. — Four Capital Region counties will be getting new emergency response trailers designed to help them deal with any incidents involving oil trains or oil spills, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday. Full story:...
December 8, 2016 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: GlobalNews.ca, December 7, 2017) MONTREAL — Some Lac-Mégantic residents say Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has failed in what they call his moral obligation to have a rail bypass built around the Quebec town. Full story: GlobalNews.ca
December 8, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: SFGate.com, December 7, 2016) SAN FRANCISCO, Ca. — Planned oil pipelines and rail projects tied to Canada’s tar sands could lead to a boom in tanker traffic along both the West and East coasts and heighten the risk of spills, according to a report released...
December 7, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, December 6, 2016) HOUSTON — As oil prices recover and U.S. shale production picks up, energy companies that had planned to ship crude on the Dakota Access Pipeline will turn to rail, a transport method that poses its own risks to the environment and...
December 6, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train, UP
(Source: Associated Press, December 3, 2016) VANCOUVER, Wash. — Six months after a train hauling Bakken crude oil derailed in the Columbia River Gorge, agencies in Washington and Oregon are still tabulating a bill to send to Union Pacific Railroad. Full story: Seattle...
November 30, 2016 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: CBC News, November 29, 2016) MONTREAL — The lawyer representing the engineer charged with criminal negligence following the Lac-Mégantic derailment will be asking the courts for a stay in proceedings because of an unreasonable delay in the start of the trial....
November 29, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Valley News Live, November 28, 2016) GRAND FORKS, N.D. — It will be 3 years ago next month, that a crude oil train accident and explosion rocked and shocked residents of Casselton, North Dakota. Now, a UND engineering professor has been consulting Congress...
November 29, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: DeSmog Blog, November 28, 2016) NEW YORK — In July 2015, a train carrying Bakken crude oil derailed in Culbertson, Montana resulting in an oil spill of 35,000 gallons — more than the contents of a full rail tank car. But unlike all of the other Bakken train...
