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Accidents

Crude by Rail Industry “Ignored” Safety Issues, Court Will Hear

June 9, 2014By Andy RowellBlog Post, Featured, News

For anyone concerned about the rising spate of crude by rail accidents across North America, the derailment and explosion last July of a crude by rail train in downtown Lac Megantic, Quebec, which killed 47 local residents, has become something of a cause célèbre.

Yet Another Crude By Rail Accident

February 14, 2014By Andy RowellFeatured, News 3 Comments

This is getting embarrassing. Another month, another crude by rail accident in the US. Yesterday a 120-car train carrying tar sands oil derailed in western Pennsylvania.

“We came within a hair’s breadth of a calamity”

January 22, 2014By Andy RowellBlog Post, Featured 1 Comment

And on it goes. One accident after another. But this time a major disaster was averted by a whisker. On Monday a freight train, which was carrying fracked and highly flammable shale oil from North Dakota, derailed on a bridge over the Schuylkill river in South Philadelphia.

Another Day, Another Crude by Rail Accident

January 8, 2014By Andy RowellBlog Post, Featured 1 Comment

Another day and yet another crude oil train derails in North America, highlighting the growing risk of carrying crude by rail.

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