Trump Regulatory Rollback Targets Safety Rules Prompted by Industrial Disasters November 25, 2019 By Ari Natter and Jennifer A. Dlouhy The Trump administration’s move to relax an Obama-era chemical safety regulation put in place after an explosion at a fertilizer...
U.S. Wants Regional Response Teams for Oil Train Wrecks February 22, 2019 By John Raby Federal transportation officials are requiring railroads to establish regional response teams along oil train routes following a series of fiery...
Regulators Propose $2.2M Settlement with CSX Over West Virginia Derailment August 1, 2018 Federal officials have announced a $2.2 million proposed settlement with CSX Transportation to resolve the company’s liability for water pollution...
Transport Company Updates Public on West Virginia Oil Train Crash Cleanup July 27, 2015 By John Raby CSX is continuing to closely monitor the environmental impact of a fiery oil-train derailment in southern West Virginia, a spokeswoman...
Transport Company Agrees to Restoration Plan After West Virginia Train Derailment March 9, 2015 Federal regulators say CSX Transportation has agreed to a long-term plan for cleaning up and restoring the area around a...
Derailed Train in West Virginia Had Safer Tank Cars February 26, 2015 By John Raby and Jonathan Mattise The fiery derailment of a train carrying crude oil in West Virginia earlier this month is one of three in...
Gas Vapor Possible Factor in West Virginia Oil Train Fireball February 20, 2015 By Patrick Rucker Federal investigators will examine whether pressurized gas played a role in the massive blast that followed the derailment of a...
Update: Crude Oil Train Derails in West Virginia February 16, 2015 By Kara Van Pelt A CSX Corp train hauling North Dakota crude derailed in West Virginia on Monday, setting a number of cars ablaze,...
AIG Boosts Railroad Excess Liability Coverage to $1 Billion October 9, 2014 By Zachary Tracer American International Group Inc., the largest commercial insurer in the U.S. and Canada, introduced a policy to help railroads handle...
Railroads Now Required to Alert States When Shipping Oil May 8, 2014 By Jim Snyder and Thomas Black The U.S. Transportation Department issued an emergency order designed to reduce the risks of transporting crude from North Dakota’s booming...