One Year After Lac-Mégantic Disaster: Delay in Safety Regs, Groups Bring Oil Train Data to Communities
On July 6th, 2013, one year ago today, a train carrying oil derailed in the...
How This U.S. Rail Safety Measure Has Been Delayed for 44 Years … And Counting
On August 20, 1969, two Penn Central commuter trains collided head-on near Darien, Conn. Four...
Transport Safety Board Releases Safety Recommendations for Oil By Rail Shipment
The federal agency investigating the Lac-Megantic oil train derailment and explosion that killed forty-seven people...
Mechanical Failure Causes CN Rail Train Carrying Crude to Derail, Ignite in New Brunswick
A Canadian National (CN) Rail freight train carrying crude oil derailed and caught fire Tuesday...
B.C. and Alberta Joint Task Force Submit Report on Feasibility of Oil By Rail
A joint task force announced by B.C. and Alberta premiers Christy Clark and Alison Redford...
Water Heavily Contaminated from Lac-Mégantic Disaster, Groups Show
Sediment from the Chaudière River, near the site of the Lac-Mégantic train derailment four months...
US State Department Considers Rail Transport of Crude in Keystone XL Decision
A decision on the proposed northern half of the Keystone XL pipeline – under review since...
CN Tanker Train Derailment Causes Explosion, Fire in Gainford, Alberta
A Canadian National (CN) tanker train carrying liquefied petroleum gas and crude oil derailed early...
CN Rail, Natural Resources Eye Oil By Rail Export Plan to Match Northern Gateway Capacity
CN Rail is considering shipping crude oil by rail from Alberta to Prince Rupert, BC,...
