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Featured on AP. Four trains hauling crude oil have derailed in the U.S. and Canada since mid-February, rupturing tank cars, spilling their contents, polluting waterways and igniting spectacular fires that burned for days. The derailments have deepened safety concerns that if an oil-train accident were to occur in a populated area, the results could be …

Featured on NYTimes. For the third time in less than a month, a train carrying flammable crude oil has derailed and burst into flames, prompting questions over whether stricter measures being considered to ensure their safety will be enough. All three accidents involved a newer generation of tank cars that are supposed to be sturdier …

Featured on Bloomberg Business. A week after a CSX train hauling crude oil derailed and exploded 30 miles southeast of Charleston, W.Va., on Feb. 16, its mangled, charred tank cars were still being hauled from the crash site. Of the 27 cars that derailed, 19 had been engulfed in flames. The wreckage burned for almost three days. “It’s amazing …

Featured on ABC News. Fiery wrecks of trains hauling crude oil have intensified pressure on the Obama administration to approve tougher standards for railroads and tank cars despite industry complaints that it could cost billions and slow freight deliveries. On Feb. 5, the Transportation Department sent the White House draft rules that would require oil …

Full article published on Billings Gazette Last week, the new Congress passed a bipartisan bill approving the long-delayed Keystone XL pipeline. While largely built, and already in operation today carrying oil from Canada to the U.S. Gulf Coast, the Keystone expansion project has been caught in political limbo for more than six years. Despite overwhelming …

Originally posted on Bloomberg, article written by Thomas Black and Jim Snyder. Video images of a fireball billowing from the wreckage of a derailed train hauling Bakken crude are adding to pressure on federal regulators to act on new safety standards for oil shipments. While there were no fatalities in the CSX Corp. accident in rural West Virginia …

Originally published on IBTimes.com, article written by Maria Gallucci The fiery derailments of two trains carrying crude oil this week are raising fresh concerns about the safety of moving oil by rail. Recent accidents in West Virginia and Ontario come as federal regulators and transportation companies struggle to address a rapid rise in oil tanker …

Originally published on LATimes, written by Ralph Vartabedian The derailments this week of two trains carrying crude oil have raised new questions about the adequacy of federal efforts to improve the safety of moving oil on tank cars from new North American wells to distant refineries. A 100-car, southbound CSX train derailed Monday in a …

According to data released last week, holiday shopping sales in 2014 grew. That’s good news for the economy, and it suggests American consumers are feeling optimistic about the future. But behind the scenes, the uptick in sales was made possible by the dedicated men and women who make our modern transportation sector function. As our …