Extra-Flammable Crude Oil May Soon Run Through A Trench In D.C. Neighborhood
Since the proposal emerged, it has been difficult to obtain information what exactly would be moved through the trench The post Extra-Flammable Crude Oil May Soon Run Through A Trench In D.C....
View ArticleTrain Derailment In Philadelphia Leaves Crude Oil Car Dangling Over...
As of Tuesday, workers were still attempting to get the leaning sand car and oil tanker off the bridge. The post Train Derailment In Philadelphia Leaves Crude Oil Car Dangling Over Schuylkill River...
View ArticleTrain Full Of Hazardous Materials Derails Near Mississippi Mobile Home Park
The accident is just the latest in a string of North American train crashes involving fossil fuels, and officials are increasingly calling for tighter oversight. The post Train Full Of Hazardous...
View ArticleOfficials Say Public Not Warned Of Propane Car Derailment On Massachusetts...
"Our concern is when they get these cars back on the track if they were to knock them over into our aquifer, or they leak in the densely populated area around here." The post Officials Say Public Not...
View ArticleSome Of The Most Dangerous Crude Oil In The World Is Fueling North Dakota’s...
Bakken shale crude oil is the most explosive compared to oil from 86 other locations worldwide, according to an analysis released Monday by the Wall Street Journal. The post Some Of The Most Dangerous...
View ArticleBattle Begins Over Plan To Send Large Crude Oil Trains Through California Cities
It would be the first time crude oil could travel on trains through the Bay Area, the resolution said. The post Battle Begins Over Plan To Send Large Crude Oil Trains Through California Cities appeared...
View ArticleSpring Brings New Environmental Worries For Weary Lac-Mégantic
Crude oil is resurfacing with the arrival of spring in Lac-Mégantic. The post Spring Brings New Environmental Worries For Weary Lac-Mégantic appeared first on ThinkProgress.
View ArticleLess Than 24 Hours After Virginia Oil Train Spill, Same Company Derails Again...
Another CSX train carrying 8,000 tons of coal derailed in Maryland early Thursday morning. The post Less Than 24 Hours After Virginia Oil Train Spill, Same Company Derails Again In Maryland appeared...
View ArticleRailroad CEO Wants To Send Oil Trains Through Town Where Derailment Killed 47...
Oil trains could soon be traveling through Lac Mégantic, the tiny Quebec town that was the scene of one of the deadliest train accidents in Canadian history last July. The post Railroad CEO Wants To...
View ArticleEast Coast Communities Worry The Next Crude Oil Derailment Could Be Close To...
It may take more than a year before federal investigators can say what caused the derailment of 13 cars carrying crude oil from North Dakota in downtown Lynchburg, Virginia last month, but east coast...
View ArticleHow Extreme Heat Could Lead To More Oil Rail Car Derailments
Extreme heat can warp train tracks, so as climate change ramps up we could see more of the derailments and explosions that have plagued North America's fossil fuel industry recently. The post How...
View ArticleMAP: 25 Million Americans Live Within The ‘Blast Zone’ Of An Oil Train Explosion
Millions of Americans live close enough to an oil-by-rail route that they would have to be evacuated in the case of an explosion, according to a new map. The post MAP: 25 Million Americans Live Within...
View ArticleCongressman Thinks Oil Train Regulations Are A ‘Facade’ To Control America’s...
On Tuesday, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) suggested new federal rules to cut down on explosions and derailments of oil-carrying trains are "a facade" to cut down Americans' fossil fuel use. The post...
View ArticleTrain Derailment Sends Coal Waste And Lentils Into Creek Near Canadian...
"I think this is a warning not to be so cavalier about environmental spills, whether they be from pipelines, trains or tailings ponds.” The post Train Derailment Sends Coal Waste And Lentils Into Creek...
View ArticleAfter Oil Train Derailment, Will West Virginia Finally Protect Its Water Supply?
West Virginia is reeling from an oil train derailment that destroyed a house, forced the evacuation of about 2,400 people and spilled oil into the state's Kanawha River. Will water protection reforms...
View ArticleFour Oil-Related Spills Reported In North Dakota, The Latest In A Week Of Oil...
Safe to say this has not been a great week for the U.S. oil industry. The post Four Oil-Related Spills Reported In North Dakota, The Latest In A Week Of Oil Mishaps appeared first on ThinkProgress.
View ArticleOil Train That Caught Fire In Illinois Was Using Supposedly Safer Cars
BNSF is trying to keep oil from the Galina River, just upstream from the Mississippi River. The recent spate of oil train derailments has led to calls for federal and state safety rules to address...
View ArticleOil Train Derails, Catches Fire, And Causes Evacuation Of North Dakota Town
About 35 people have been evacuated from Heimdal, North Dakota. The post Oil Train Derails, Catches Fire, And Causes Evacuation Of North Dakota Town appeared first on ThinkProgress.
View ArticleWhy You Can’t Talk About The Amtrak Derailment Without Talking About Our...
Congress continues to ignore Amtrak's plight. The post Why You Can’t Talk About The Amtrak Derailment Without Talking About Our Infrastructure Crisis appeared first on ThinkProgress.
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