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CBC.caCanada Toughens Liability Standards After Oil Train DisasterABC NewsCanada's railways will have to pay for a disaster relief fund under proposed legislation introduced in response to an oil train explosion that killed 47 people in Quebec in 2013.
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EcoWatchStriking New Report Finds Oil Trains Put 25 Million Americans at RiskEcoWatchAs officials probe the two latest explosive oil train derailments in Ontario and West Virginia, the Center for Biological Diversity released a report yesterday offering st
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NDTVCrude oil is getting smokedBusiness InsiderOil is getting smoked after the latest inventory data from the American Petroleum Institute showed a huge increase in crude oil inventories last week. The latest report from API showed crude oil inventories ro
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The Seattle Times (blog)Fire Smolders a 3rd Day From W.Va. Oil Train DerailmentABC NewsA fire triggered by the derailment of a train carrying crude oil is smoldering for a third day in southern West Virginia. State public safety division spokesman Larry Me
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The future price of oil? Nobody has a clueYahoo FinanceThis is the rather wide range of estimates coming from some of the financial world's most knowledgeable forecasters. Some will turn out to be right, but many will end up being very, very wrong. Pre
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NJ.comFire From W.Va. Oil Train Derailment Burns for 3rd DayABC NewsA fire triggered by the derailment of a train carrying crude oil is smoldering for a third day in southern West Virginia. State public safety division spokesman Larry Messina said Wednesda
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NJ.comW.Va. Oil Train Derailment Was 1 of 3 With Safer Tank CarsABC NewsThe fiery derailment of a train carrying crude oil in West Virginia is one of three in the past year involving tank cars that already meet a higher safety standard than what federal la
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Nature's nastiness: Marine birds smeared with oil wash up on California shoresSan Jose Mercury NewsSANTA CRUZ -- The television images after a catastrophic oil spill, such as the one caused by the container ship Cosco Busan's 2007 collision with th
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Nature World NewsMontana Oil Spill Renews Worries Over Pipeline SafetyABC NewsA second large oil spill into Montana's Yellowstone River in less than four years is reviving questions about oversight of the nation's aging pipeline infrastructure. Inv
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The EconomistGreenland and oilThe EconomistTHE collapsing price of crude over the past six months has been a boon for oil-importing countries and a curse for oil-exporting ones. But in one corner of the north Atlantic, it is frustrating hopes of becoming a
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