Portland officials alarmed by traveling crude oil trains Raleigh News & ObserverPortland officials are concerned about the dozens of rail cars filled with Canadian tar sands crude oil that travel through the city. Read more https://www.newsobser …
Proposed ban on offshore oil and gas drilling endorsed by Maine committee Press HeraldAUGUSTA — A legislative committee Friday endorsed a bill that aims to send a message to federal officials by prohibiting exploration or drilling for oil and ga …
Houston fires renew safety debate in oil-friendly Texas PBS NewsHourTwo major chemical plant fires near Houston just 17 days apart drew widespread attention, but there are already signs that any new safeguards will be slow in ... Read more https …
Federal Government Foot-Dragging Helps Oil Industry Delay Oil-by-Rail Rules DeSmogIn an attempt to reduce the risk of fiery oil train accidents, the state of Washington is working to pass a bill that would limit the vapor pressure of oil on trai …
Chattanooga (TN) Firefighters Battle Two-Alarm Fire Involving Two Houses FireEngineering.comShortly after 11 p.m. on Saturday, Chattanooga firefighters responded to a report of a house fire on Dodson Avenue. Firefighters with Engine 5 were the f …
Waterloo station travel - live updates: Train cancellations and delays caused by engineering works The IndependentTrain chaos has hit London today as three key stations are suffering from severe disruption. Commuters were advised to avoid Waterl …
Albany Activists Keeping Spotlight On Oil Trains Six Years After Lac-Mégantic Disaster WAMCA rail disaster in Quebec in 2013 touched off international concern about the safety of so-called "oil trains" that haul crude from oil fields to. Read m …
Boeing shakes up commercial division's engineering leadership Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle)Lynne Hopper was named Boeing Commercial Airplanes vice president of engineering, replacing John Hamilton as the airplane unit's top engineering …
Exxon Delays $1.9 Billion Project in Canada Amid Oil-Sands Woes BloombergExxon Mobil Corp. is delaying a C$2.6 billion ($1.9 billion) oil-sands project in Canada by at least a year as the nation's energy industry grapples with a shortage ... Rea …
Despite Risks, Canada's Tar Sands Industry Is Betting Big on Oil Trains DeSmogLast year, Canada exported a record amount of tar sands oil to the U.S., despite low oil prices leading to major losses once again for the struggling tar sands ... Re …