Repost from Google Search
There are simply too many stories in the press lately for this one-person operation to post even the most significant. So below you will find a quick Google glimpse at the headlines for today, with links to each. I would particularly recommend:
- The Insurance Journal, “Safety Board Says Rail Oil Tanker Rules Should Be Put on Washington Fast Track,“
- The San Jose Mercury News Editorial “Crude oil trains will be coming through our area but if there’s a spill it might be hush-hush,” and
- 3BL Media’s “CSX Safety Train Delivers Enhanced Outreach to First Responders and Communities”
– RS]
Google Search +crude +oil +train
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Washington Post
Trailing Canada, US Starts a Push for Safer Oil Shipping
New York Times-2 hours agoSince a train carrying crude oil derailed and exploded in Canada last July, devastating a small town about 10 miles from the United States border, authorities in …Safety Board Says Rail Oil Tanker Rules Should Be Put on … Insurance Journal-3 hours ago Departing NTSB head criticizes ‘tombstone mentality’ on oil trains Lincoln Journal Star-21 hours ago Explore in depth (184 more articles) -
Editorial: Crude oil trains will be coming through our area but if …
San Jose Mercury News-15 hours agoBut one of the aspects rarely discussed is the fact that the infrastructure to move that massive amount of crude oil and natural gas is going to be strained to keep … -
Jamestown Sun
Feds: New standards for shipping oil by rail coming
Prairie Business-4 hours agoHis announcement comes just a day after Canadian officials unveiled plans to phase out or retrofit DOT-111 rail cars used for carrying crude oil by May 2017.Senator discusses rail shipping problems Jamestown Sun-4 hours ago Explore in depth (38 more articles) -
Oil industry scrambles to retrofit rail cars
The Globe and Mail-by Eric Atkins-17 hours agoOil producers in Canada and the United States could see their plans for aggressive expansion of crude-by-rail short-circuited if American regulators follow …Canadian Pacific says reducing rail speeds not the solution In-Depth-Calgary Herald-18 hours ago Explore in depth (209 more articles) -
OnEarth Magazine
About-face: Oregon agency to seek oil train data
The Columbian-18 hours agoKitzhaber has organized a statewide oil-train briefing Tuesday in Portland and … the country that use hydraulic fracturing to get crude oil from shale formations. -
UPI.com
Oil industry launches petroleum infrastructure campaign
The Hill (blog)-19 hours agoThe American Petroleum Institute (API) is launching a new campaign to bring issues of petroleum infrastructure — such as rail car safety, pipelines and tanker … -
Off the rails: BC train derailments jump 20 per cent to five-year high …
Vancouver Sun-12 hours agoThe most serious national accident occurred July 6, 2013, when a runaway train of 72 tank cars loaded with crude oil crashed in Lac-Mégantic, Que., killing 47 … -
CSX Safety Train ready to roll, targets CBR safety and first responders
RailwayAge Magazine-17 hours agoCSX’s Safety Train: Energy Preparedness Program, with rolling classrooms and … The train will travel over much of the railroad’s crude oil service territory over …CSX Safety Train Delivers Enhanced Outreach to First Responders … 3BL Media (press release)-19 hours ago Explore in depth (4 more articles) -
About-face: ODOT to seek oil train data
KTVZ-18 hours agoAnd Gov. John Kitzhaber said all state agencies dealing with rail shipments of crude oil should “work at the highest standards possible to protect public safety …”. -
Behind discovery of Columbia Gorge oil train, an amateur …
The Oregonian-by Rob Davis-18 hours agoJohn Kitzhaber’s earlier pledge to review and tighten oil train safety, first responders and the public continue to be left in the dark about crude-by-rail movements …