• February 23, 2015 •
Comments Off on New Tank Cars No Safer than Older Ones
Posted in shipping oil by rail
Tags: Alberta tar sands, Bakken crude oil, Canadian National Railway, CN Railway Derailments Other Accidents and Incidents, CPC-1232, CSX, DOT-111 tank car, Lac Megantic, puncture, shipping oil by rail, spills, Timmins Ontario, Transportation Safety Board of Canada, West Virginia
• February 16, 2015 •
Comments Off on “Safe Rail Communities” Aims to Improve Rail Safety
Posted in shipping oil by rail
Tags: Auditor-General, Bomb Trains, Canada Transportation Act Review Panel, crude oil, DOT-111 tank car, Environmental Petition, Lac Megantic, public petition, rail safety, Safe Rail Communities, shipping oil by rail, train derailments, Transport Canada, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
• January 25, 2015 •
Comments Off on The Dangers of Hauling Crude Oil by Rail
Posted in shipping oil by rail
Tags: Association of American Railroads, crude oil, Curtis Tate, deaths, deteriorating rail infrastructure, DOT-111 tank car, explosions, fires, Lac Megantic, Larry Mann, railway safety, shipping oil by rail, spills, train derailments
• November 19, 2014 •
Comments Off on Railway Companies’ Bottom Line Continues to Trump Safety
Posted in Canadian National Railway, Canadian Pacific Railway, Derailment, Safety
Tags: Canadian National Railway, Canadian Pacific Railway, derailments, hazardous and dangerous goods, Lac Megantic, Mark Winfield, Peggy Nash, rail safety, Safe Rail Communities, Transport Canada
• July 13, 2014 •
Comments Off on Dangerous Goods Rail Accidents Rising Following Lac-Megantic Oil Train Disaster
Posted in Derailment, shipping oil by rail, Transport Canada, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
Tags: dangerous goods, derailments, explosions, fires, Harry Gow, Lac Megantic, railway accidents, shipping oil by rail, Transport Action Canada, Transport Canada, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
• July 6, 2014 •
Comments Off on “Stop Oil by Rail” Call to Action, July 6-13
Posted in Derailment, shipping oil by rail, Spills
Tags: deaths, derailment, environmental impacts, explosions, Lac Megantic, Le Carre Bleu Lac-Megantic, oil and rail industry profits, Oil Change International, oil spills, shipping oil by rail
• April 2, 2014 •
Comments Off on Outdated DOT-111 Rail Tank Cars Need to be Replaced Faster
Posted in Canadian National Railway, Canadian Pacific Railway, Derailment, Safety, shipping oil by rail, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
Tags: Canadian National Railway, Canadian Pacific Railway, derailments, DOT-111 tank car, hazardous goods, Lac Megantic, safety, shipping oil by rail, Transportation Safety Board of Canada, Wendy Tadros
• March 18, 2014 •
Comments Off on Federal Government Shares Blame for Lac-Megantic Rail Disaster
Posted in Canadian National Railway, Canadian Pacific Railway, Cando Contracting Ltd., Derailment, Imperial Oil, Safety
Tags: Canadian National Railway, Canadian Pacific Railway, derailment, Lac Megantic, Mike Bradley, Montreal Maine and Atlantic Railway, safety, Transport Canada, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
• January 6, 2014 •
Comments Off on Another Oil Train Derailment – Rail Crews Call Them “Bomb Trains”
Posted in Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway, Derailment, Fire, National Transportation Safety Board (U.S.), shipping oil by rail, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
Tags: Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway, derailment, fires, Lac Megantic, National Transportation Safety Board, rail safety, Sheldon Lustig, shipping oil, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
• December 14, 2013 •
Comments Off on Transport Canada has Ignored Repeated Warnings about Rail Safety
Posted in Deteriorating rail infrastructure, Safety, shipping oil by rail, Spills, Transport Canada, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
Tags: dangerous goods, deteriorating rail infrastructure, Lac Megantic, rail safety, railway spills, shipping oil by rail, Tom Mulcair, Transport Canada, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
• September 25, 2013 •
Comments Off on More Canadian National Railway Derailments and Spills
Posted in Canadian National Railway, Derailment, Environmental impact, Fire, shipping oil by rail, Spills
Tags: Canadian National Railway, CN derailments, CN environmental impacts, deaths, Lac Megantic, railroad fires, railway spills, shipping oil by rail, Transport Canada
• September 24, 2013 •
Comments Off on CN Considering Shipping Alberta Crude Oil to Prince Rupert by Rail
Posted in Canadian National Railway, CN Railway, Derailment, shipping oil by rail, Tar sands, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
Tags: Canadian National Railway, CN derailments, CN Railway, Lac Megantic, Nexen Inc., shipping oil by rail, tar sands, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
• July 30, 2013 •
Comments Off on Update on Lac-Megantic Crude Oil Derailment, Spill, Explosion and Fires
Posted in Derailment, Safety, shipping oil by rail, Spills, Transport Canada, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
Tags: deadly rail disaster, environmental rail disaster, Lac Megantic, Mark Winfield, Montreal Maine and Atlantic Railway, railway safety, shipping oil by rail, Transport Canada, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
• July 16, 2013 •
Comments Off on Death Toll from Crude Oil Derailment and Explosion Climbs to 38
Posted in Derailment, Fire, shipping oil by rail, Spills, Transport Canada, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
Tags: crude oil spill, deaths, derailment, Lac Megantic, shipping oil by rail, Transport Canada
• July 10, 2013 •
Comments Off on Shipping Oil by Rail is Disastrous
Posted in Canadian National Railway, CN Railway, Derailment, Environmental impact, Olivia Chow, Safety, shipping oil by rail, Spills, Transport Canada
Tags: Canadian National Railway, CN Railway, Lac Megantic, shipping oil by rail, Transport Canada
• July 7, 2013 •
Comments Off on Train Derailment Causes Massive Crude Oil Explosion and Fires
Posted in Canada Safety Council, CN Railway, Derailment, Environmental impact, Fire, National Transportation Safety Board (U.S.), shipping oil by rail, Spills, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
Tags: crude oil spill, deaths, derailment, Lac Megantic, shipping oil by rail, Thomas Mulcair, Transportation Safety Board of Canada