STLtoday.comDurbin wants tougher safety measures for tankers carrying crude oilSTLtoday.comThe Illinois Democrat made his case Friday at a Collinsville fire department for two bills he's co-sponsoring: one that speeds up the phase-out of some older tan …

Huffington Post CanadaVancouver Oil Spill Cleanup Will Be Done By Trained WorkersHuffington Post CanadaDespite thousands of offers of help, Vancouver officials say only trained crews in protective gear should be cleaning up the oil spill from a ship in Eng …

Wall Street JournalFewer Oil Trains Ply America's RailsWall Street JournalThe growth in oil-train shipments fueled by the U.S. energy boom has stalled in recent months, dampened by safety problems and low crude prices. The number of train cars carrying …

Wall Street JournalOil Shipments by Rail Take Slow TrackWall Street JournalThe growth in oil-train shipments fueled by the U.S. energy boom has stalled in recent months, dampened by safety problems and low crude prices. The number of train cars carrying cr …

Reverse Oil Shock: Part 3 – Feeding Financial InstabilityEconoMonitor (blog)Financial markets have generally assumed lower oil prices are positive for asset prices, resulting from the positive effect on growth and lower inflation which extends the period o …

NBCNews.comFires Finally Dwindling Days After Illinois Oil Train DerailmentNBCNews.comFirefighters were still working Sunday to extinguish the last of a series of fires that erupted when a BNSF Railway train loaded with crude oil derailed two days ago in a …

Barclays' Mahesh Says Election a 'Huge Risk' for Nigeria OilBloomberg(Bloomberg) -- Barclays Plc energy analyst Miswin Mahesh sees a “huge risk” of oil production in Nigeria being disrupted by political instability arising from elections schedu …

Wall Street JournalWrecks Hit Tougher Oil RailcarsWall Street JournalIn a string of recent oil train derailments in the U.S. and Canada, new and sturdier railroad tanker cars being built to carry a rising tide of crude oil across the continent have failed …