November 3, 2020 | Headlines, Oil Train, STB
(Source: Salt Lake Tribune, November 3, 2020) SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — A proposed oil-hauling railroad would degrade up to 10,000 acres of wildlife habitat in northeastern Utah, potentially disrupting migration corridors and ruining wetlands, according to a new draft...
November 3, 2020 | Headlines, Oil Train, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, November 2, 2020) The Surface Transportation Board’s (STB) Office of Environmental Analysis last week issued a draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) for the proposed Uinta Basin Railway in Carbon, Duchesne, Uintah and Utah...
November 2, 2020 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Editorial in the Daily Herald, October 8, 2020) CHICAGO — The Daily Herald and leaders of several of our suburbs were among those arguing years ago that crude oil shipments by train should be restricted to newer, stronger tank cars that are more likely to...
October 30, 2020 | Headlines, Oil Train, Technology
(Source: www.phys.org, October 28, 2020) CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A team of West Virginia University researchers are making railways safer by developing a Band-Aid-like protective jacket for tank cars that haul hazardous materials. The composite material, because of its...
October 15, 2020 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Freight Waves, October 15, 2020) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Environmental groups are appealing multiple permit approvals for a project that would include the transport of liquefied natural gas (LNG) via rail for export out of a New Jersey terminal. The...
October 6, 2020 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Bloomberg, October 2, 2020) NEW YORK — The team behind the proposed Alaska to Alberta railway aims to start prep work for construction in December, with a goal of getting the $17 billion cross-border railroad running by 2025. Full story:...
October 5, 2020 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Daily Herald, October 5, 2020) CHICAGO — A new player, liquefied natural gas, has joined the list of hazardous materials cruising through Illinois by train — a move the federal government says is safe but raises fears of out-of-control fires and...
September 23, 2020 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Canadian Press, September 23, 2020) CALGARY — Canadian exports of crude oil by rail fell to another eight-year low in July despite the gradual recovery of North American fuel demand from low levels due to measures taken to control the COVID-19 pandemic. The...
September 21, 2020 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, September 20, 2020) PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — Environmentalists have stepped up alarms about a major fuel export terminal in South Jersey that they say will accelerate Pennsylvania fracking, worsen climate change, and attract 100-car trains...
September 2, 2020 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Opinion column by Blake Shaffer published by the CBC on September 1, 2020. Mr. Shaffer is an assistant professor of economics and public policy at the University of Calgary.) CALGARY, Alberta — Last week’s Alberta fiscal update was filled with some...
