July 25, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Associated Press, July 22, 2016) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California plans to levy a $45 fee later this year on rail cars carrying dangerous chemicals across the state. Full story: Albany Times Union
July 19, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Think Progress, July 13, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — In early June, a Union Pacific train carrying Bakken crude oil derailed outside the small Oregon town of Mosier. It was a relatively calm day in the otherwise windy Columbia River Gorge, which prevented the...
July 15, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Lynchburg News and Advance, July 14, 2015) LYNCHBURG, Va. — City fire officials are eyeing proposed federal regulations that could give them access to more information about highly flammable oil trains that roll through the area. Full story: Lynchburg News...
July 15, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: The Hill, July 14, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Federal regulators are proposing new rules aimed at mitigating the effects of derailments, spills and explosions of oil trains. Full story: The Hill
July 14, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Los Angeles Times, July 14, 2016) SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. — Arlene Burns, the mayor of a teensy Oregon town on the Columbia River, was speaking into a bullhorn in a park here the other day, telling a crowd about what happened when a mile-long train loaded...
July 14, 2016 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Opinion column by Bruce Campbell in the National Observer, July 12, 2016) LAC-MEGANTIC — Like millions of other people, I watched in horror what happened three years ago here in Lac-Mégantic. I suspected regulatory breakdown was responsible, and I was...
July 14, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Associated Press, July 13, 2016) PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden are sponsoring new legislation that would require a federal investigation into every oil train derailment and also clarify federal transportation officials’...
July 14, 2016 | Headlines, NTSB, Oil Train
(Source: Associated Press, July 13, 2016) BILLINGS, Mont. — Accident-prone tank cars used to haul crude oil and ethanol by rail could remain in service for another 15 years under federal rules that allow companies to phase in upgrades to the aging fleet, according to...
July 14, 2016 | DOT, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Associated Press, July 13, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Railroads hauling crude oil would be required to develop comprehensive plans for dealing with a significant oil spill, including providing detailed information to state and tribal authorities, under a rule...
July 13, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Associated Press, July 13, 2016) BILLINGS, Mont. — Slow progress has been made on efforts to upgrade or replace tens of thousands of rupture-prone rail cars used to transport oil and ethanol, despite numerous fiery derailments that prompted new rules for the...
