July 14, 2015 | BNSF, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, July 14, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Billionaire investor Warren Buffett is set to be a chief beneficiary of a bid by Senate Republicans to weaken new regulations to improve train safety in the $2.8 billion crude-by-rail industry, a key cog in the...
July 10, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Opinion column by Tyson Slocum in the Houston Chronicle, July 9, 2015) HOUSTON — Living in Houston is like sitting atop a ticking time bomb. Every week, up to 200 oil trains filled with highly combustible crude oil from North Dakota’s Bakken region pass...
July 10, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: DeSmog Blog, July 9, 2015) NEW YORK — As oil train protests continue across North America to mark the two-year anniversary of the Lac-Megantic disaster, trouble is brewing in Texas. At the recent Crude Markets and Storage Summit energy conference in Texas,...
July 10, 2015 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: CBC News, July 1, 2015) OTTAWA — Transport Minister Lisa Raitt says the department overseeing rail safety has undergone significant changes and new marching orders since the Lac-Mégantic, Que., rail disaster on July 6, 2013, that killed 47 people. Full story:...
July 8, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Baltimore Sun, July 8, 2015) BALTIMORE, Md. — A panel of environmentalists will discuss concerns Wednesday about crude oil shipments along rail lines in Baltimore. Full story: Baltimore Sun
July 8, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Forum News Service, July 7, 2015) ST. PAUL, Minn. — Many Minnesota emergency managers say railroads that haul crude oil should communicate with them better. Full story: Duluth News Tribune
July 8, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Globe and Mail, July 7, 2015) LAC MEGANTIC, Quebec — Days before another dark anniversary for Lac-Mégantic, a group of concerned citizens marched to protest the return of crude oil — set to be shipped through the town via rail once again come January — and to...
July 8, 2015 | CSX, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Charleston Daily May, July 7, 2015) CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Five months after the CSX oil train derailment in Mount Carbon, the railroad will hold a “public availability session” later this month to discuss past, current and future cleanup efforts. Full story:...
July 7, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Albany Times Union, July 6, 2015) ALBANY, N.Y. — On Monday, between 80 and 100 people, many affiliated with People of Albany United for Safe Energy, rallied in front of the Executive Mansion on Eagle Street in Albany to call on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to ban...
July 7, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Fortune magazine, July 2, 2015) NEW YORK — Booms and busts—in every sense—frame the debate over how to move crude. The past five years have seen a dramatic rise in the shipping of crude oil by rail, triggered by rapidly expanding production in both the Bakken...
