September 28, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train, UP
(Source: Oregon Public Broadcasting, September 27, 2016) MOSIER, Ore. — A county planning commission has given its approval to a rail expansion in the same stretch of the Columbia River Gorge where a Union Pacific oil train derailed and burst into flames. Full story:...
September 28, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train, STB
(Source: DeSmog Blog, September 28, 2016) NEW YORK — Created in 1996, the Surface Transportation Board (STB) is a federal agency that serves as “an independent adjudicatory and economic-regulatory agency charged by Congress with resolving railroad rate and service...
September 28, 2016 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, September 27, 2016) CALGARY, Alberta — Canadian crude oil exports by rail dropped 36 per cent in July versus the same month a year earlier, according to regulatory data released on Tuesday, adding to a persistent trend of weak rail volumes in Canada....
September 27, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: The Daily News, September 27, 2016) LONGVIEW, Wash. — In the wake of the oil train derailment in the Columbia River Gorge, Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler is pressing the U.S. Department of Transportation study ways to reduce fire and explosion risks during oil...
September 23, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Pacific Coast Business Times, September 22, 2016) SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. — The San Luis Obispo County Planning Commission has elected to hear more public comment on the Phillips 66 crude-by-rail proposal in light of new findings from the U.S. Surface...
September 23, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Bloomberg, September 22, 2016) NEW YORK — Canada is sending a record amount of oil to the U.S., filling pipelines to capacity and threatening to push more crude into rail cars. U.S. imports from its northern neighbor jumped 17 percent to 3.46 million barrels...
September 22, 2016 | FRA, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Television station KFYR, September 21, 2016) BISMARCK, N.D. — Two rail inspectors hired by the North Dakota Public Service Commission last year have now received their certification from the Federal Railroad Administration and will start scrutinizing railroad...
September 22, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: San Francisco Chronicle, September 21, 2016) SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Benicia’s rejection of plans to bring trains filled with crude oil to Valero Corp.’s big refinery in the city was hailed Wednesday by critics of the country’s expanding oil-by-rail...
September 22, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Globe and Mail, September 21, 2016) CALGARY — Daily oil-by-rail shipments are set to climb tenfold within 25 years if no new major pipelines are built to help move Western Canadian oil to domestic refineries and international markets, the National Energy...
September 21, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Albany Times Union, September 20, 2016) ALBANY, N.Y. — Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the successful completion of another round of targeted crude oil tank car and rail inspections intended to improve public safety and reduce potential dangers...
