June 13, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: La Crosse Tribune, June 12, 2016) LA CROSSE, Wisc. — With lower crude oil prices, North Dakota drillers dramatically cut production over the past winter and spring, but trains continue to roll through Midwestern communities loaded with the volatile cargo....
June 13, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train, UP
(Source: Associated Press, June 11, 2016) SEATTLE, Wash. — At least one broken bolt holding the rail in place caused the fiery derailment of a Union Pacific train moving volatile crude oil through the Columbia River Gorge on the Oregon-Washington border, railroad...
June 13, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train, UP
(Source: The Oregonian, June 10, 2016) PORTLAND, Ore. — After Union Pacific’s fiery oil train derailment in Mosier last week, the railroad company repeatedly emphasized its record and commitment to safety. But federal records and newly released inspections from...
June 13, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train, UP
(Source: Associated Press, June 12, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Union Pacific penalties surpass those of every railroad nationwide for the past two years, a media organization said. Full story: Washington Post
June 10, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Associated Press, June 9, 2016) MOSIER, Ore. — Leaders of several Pacific Northwest tribes gathered Thursday near the site of last week’s fiery oil train wreck in Oregon to condemn the shipping of fossil fuels through the Columbia River Gorge, a scenic...
June 10, 2016 | CSX, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Albany Times Union, June 9, 2016) BETHLEHEM, N.Y. — The state is spending $3.5 million to help build a five-mile freight rail bypass around the sprawling Selkirk switching yard, a key hub that keeps cargo moving between the Midwest and New England. Full...
June 9, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Yakima Herald editorial, June 9, 2016) YAKIMA, Wash. — The demand for petroleum products isn’t disappearing anytime soon, and neither are Western Washington’s oil refineries or the Bakken oil fields of North Dakota and Montana. Until all that changes, Pacific...
June 9, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: www.klcc.org, June 8, 2016) PORTLAND, Ore. — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee wants oil trains to slow down and safety improvements to speed up. Inslee said Wednesday that he personally delivered that message to the CEO of Union Pacific and the executive chairman...
June 9, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Seattle Times, June 9, 2016) SEATTLE — Sen. Maria Cantwell is calling for federal regulation of Bakken Shale crude in the aftermath of Friday’s derailment at the edge of an Oregon town in the Columbia River Gorge. Full story: Seattle...
June 9, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: The Oregonian, June 8, 2016) PORTLAND, Ore. — Crews have removed all the crude oil from 13 derailed Union Pacific train tankers and have begun moving the cars out of Mosier, authorities announced Wednesday. Full story: The Oregonian
