February 12, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Sacramento Bee, February 11, 2016) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Benicia city planning commission, voting unanimously, dealt a dramatic setback Thursday to an oil company’s plans to ship crude oil via train through Northern California, including downtown...
February 11, 2016 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Toronto Star, February 10, 2016) MONTREAL — Scientists have recorded an “unprecedented” spike in the fish deformities in the wake of the deadly 2013 train derailment and oil spill in Lac-Mégantic, Que., according to a provincial government report. Full story:...
February 10, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting, February 10, 2016) BANGOR, Maine — After a runaway oil train killed 47 people in Lac-Megantic, Quebec, just miles from the Maine border in 2013, Mainers demanded to know more about the state’s railways. Full story:...
February 9, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Energywire, February 8, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Crude by rail is no longer king in the Bakken Shale play. For nearly four years, oil shippers favored train tracks over pipelines when shipping light, sweet Bakken Shale crude from North Dakota to coastal...
February 5, 2016 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: CBC News, February 4, 2016) MONTREAL — More than two years after a train carrying oil tankers derailed and exploded in the centre of Lac-Mégantic, Que., two out of three residents still show signs of moderate to severe post-traumatic stress. Those findings...
February 5, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, February 4, 2016) HOUSTON — Phillips 66 says a long-proposed crude-by-rail project at one of its California refineries is more critical to supply because of the extended shutdown of an oil pipeline that ruptured last year. Full story:...
February 5, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Bloomberg, February 4, 2016) NEW YORK — Matt Vickers, Generating for Seven Generations Railroad’s chief executive officer, joins Bloomberg TV Canada’s Pamela Ritchie to discuss his plans to build a rail line connecting Alberta’s oil...
February 4, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: CBC News, February 4, 2016) MONTREAL — A study looking into the long-term health effects of the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster will release its phase two results today. Conducted by the Estrie public health department, phase two of the study involved 1,600...
February 2, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Canadian Press, January 30, 2016) LAC-MÉGANTIC — The reconstruction office in Lac-Mégantic has officially opened its doors more than two and a half years after a 2013 train disaster destroyed much of the Quebec city’s core. Full story: Montreal...
February 2, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Canadian Press, February 1, 2016) EDMONTON — A company that was proposing to expand the size of a rail facility to double the number of trains it can load with Alberta oil has shelved the project. USD Terminals Canada announced in November that it wanted to...
