July 12, 2016 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Canadian Press, July 10, 2016) LAC-MEGANTIC — A coalition of citizens and organizations in Lac-Mégantic are saying they no longer trust Marc Garneau, the federal minister of Transport, and are calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to intervene to speed up...
July 12, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Houston Public Media, July 11, 2016) HOUSTON — Houston has not had a serious crude-by-rail accident since the boom in oil production began in the U.S a few years ago. Four years ago, 12 million barrels of crude a month was flowing by rail to refineries and...
July 11, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: The Tribune, July 9, 2016) SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. — San Luis Obispo County residents fighting plans for a controversial oil-by-rail project got some out-of-state reinforcements Saturday. Full story: www.sanluisobispo.com
July 11, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: www.inforum.com, July 9, 2016) GRAND FORKS, N.D. — While less black gold is moved on trains out of North Dakota today than just a couple of years ago, lawmakers and regulators don’t expect oil trains to go away completely. Trains had become a go-to mode of...
July 8, 2016 | Headlines, NTSB, Oil Train
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, July 7, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board released the final agenda for next week’s, “Roundtable Discussion on Next Steps in Rail Tank Car Safety,” scheduled for Wednesday,...
July 8, 2016 | FRA, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: DeSmog Blog, July 7, 2016) VANCOUVER, B.C. — The cause of the most recent oil train derailment and fire in Mosier, Oregon, has been determined to be lag bolts that had sheared off resulting in the derailment. This once again raises concerns that the unit...
July 8, 2016 | Headlines, NTSB, Oil Train
(Source: Oregon Public Broadcasting, July 7, 2016) MOSIER, Ore. — The National Transportation Safety Board has responded to letter from Oregon’s senators about why it did not investigate last month’s oil train derailment in the Columbia River Gorge, saying its limited...
July 7, 2016 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Associated Press, July 6, 2016) LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec — A runaway oil train brought death and destruction to this tiny community in Quebec, killing 47 people and destroying dozens of buildings. Three years later, trains still roll through downtown, just feet...
July 7, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train, UP
(Source: Oregon Public Broadcasting, July 6, 2016) MOSIER, Ore. — On April 27, Steve Holm and three other inspectors drove right over a set of broken railroad bolts that later would cause a massive oil train explosion. Full story and audio:...
July 6, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Cascadia Weekly, July 6, 2016) BELLINGHAM, Wash. — Washington state begins its public review this week of what could be the nation’s largest oil-by-rail terminal in the country, slated to be built along the Columbia River at the Port of Vancouver. The...
