DeSmog (blog)American Petroleum Institute Failed to Respond to Concerns of Oil Train SafetyDeSmog (blog)On July 29, 2013 Thomas J. Herrmann of the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) wrote a letter to Jack Gerard, president and CEO of the American Petrol …

The Globe and MailTSB blames botched rail repair for Northern Ontario oil train crashThe Globe and MailA 2015 oil train crash and explosion in Northern Ontario was caused by an improperly repaired rail that failed, the Transportation Safety Board said on T …

Pacific Northwest Inlander (blog)Safer Spokane submits oil and coal train initiative signatures, aiming to get on November ballotPacific Northwest Inlander (blog)"The railcar owners could avoid liability by simply covering the coal cars and pre-condit …

Business InsiderA Colorado appeals court sided with a group of teenagers who sued the oil industry for not protecting the environmentBusiness InsiderThe Colorado Court of Appeals ruled in favor of a group of teenagers on Thursday, reversing a lower court r …

BloombergFresh statements on oil may not impress tradersgulfnews.com“We might see oil prices under pressure on Monday on some disappointment on a lack of a recommendation,” said Giovanni Staunovo, commodities analyst at UBS said in an email. Ole Hansen, he …

Financial TimesHurricane Energy makes oil discovery west of Shetland IslandsFinancial TimesThe latest find adds to a series of successful wells drilled by Hurricane in a geological formation that analysts say looks likely to be the biggest new oil discover …

NewsweekOil Prices Plunge With US Production SoaringNewsweekAfter spending much of 2016 near multiyear lows, oil prices began to rally in late November as it became clear that OPEC would finally cut production to address a long-standing oil glut. On Nov. 3 …

Los Angeles TimesConstructing a successful oil train resistance movement, in three partsLos Angeles TimesIn December 2013, a couple of neighbors from an upscale residential development on the Central Coast attended a community meeting at a middle school in …

Sacramento Bee2 bills aim to prevent or mitigate oil-train disasterSacramento BeeNative Americans, environmentalists and a fishing guide spoke out Monday in support of two bills that aim to prevent, or at least mitigate, an ecological disaster like an oil …

Idaho Statesman2 bills aim to prevent or mitigate oil-train disasterIdaho StatesmanOne bill would direct the Environmental Quality Commission to adopt oil-spill prevention and emergency-response planning requirements to railroads that own or operate high h …