Repost from CNW Group (Canada NewsWire) [Editor: This Transportation Safety Board of Canada report on a January derailment in New Brunswick may not strike you as current or relevant, but please note the detailed chronology of the cause of derailment and catastrophic failure. A broken wheel led to track damage and rail failure, and punctures … Continue reading Investigators’ lab report on Canadian derailment
Repost from The Benicia Herald [Editor: See also coverage in The Sacramento Bee – RS] Long-awaited Valero crude-by-rail EIR delayed again June 9, 2014 by Donna Beth Weilenman A draft of the city’s environmental impact report (EIR) for the Valero Crude-by-Rail use permit request was due to be released Tuesday, but a last-minute staff decision … Continue reading Long-awaited Valero crude-by-rail EIR delayed again
Repost from Platt McGraw Hill Financial – The Barrel Regulation & Environment: Canada’s aggressive on crude oil by rail regs; the US, not so much By Herman Wang | June 9, 2014 It has been 338 days since the explosive derailment of a train carrying crude oil killed 47 people in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec. Meanwhile, 227 … Continue reading Canada is aggressive on crude by rail regulation; the US, not so much
Repost from The Los Angeles Times, via The Columbian California moves to prevent spills of oil shipped by trains By Marc Lifsher, Los Angeles Times, June 6, 2014 SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Although most people think of oil spills in California as potential beachfront disasters, there is new anxiety in Sacramento about the surge of crude … Continue reading California legislators offering bills to prevent oil by rail accidents – Union Pacific & BNSF react