News - Rail (2014)
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Comment |
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2014-12-23 |
Business News Network (BNN) |
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2014-12-19 |
EcoWatch / Tara Lohan |
Monumental Growth of Crude-by-Rail Ignites Communities to Fight Back |
Tara Lohan |
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2014-12-10 |
Macleans.ca |
Chris Sorensen |
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2014-12-08 |
Vimeo / Weather Films |
The Weather Channel & InsideClimate News |
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2014-12-02 |
KQED News (USA) |
Call for Suspension of Crude-by-Rail Shipments After Feather River Derailment |
Dan Brekke - California |
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2014-11-28 |
Financial Post |
With grain-hauling rules set to expire, railways and farmers spar over extension |
Kristine Owram |
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2014-11-27 |
660 News (USA) |
SD producers: Keystone XL pipeline not a cure-all for rail delays that have plagued farmers |
James Nord, The Associated Press |
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2014-11-07 |
WFAA (USA) |
Jim Douglas - Each billion spent on railroads creates 20,000 jobs nationally |
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2014-10-07 |
CBC News Saskatchewan |
26 of 100 cars derailed, 50 people evacuated - hydrochloric acid or caustic soda, petroleum distillates |
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2014-10-02 |
Marketplace.org |
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2014-09-12 |
ThinkProgress.org |
Environmental Groups Sue [USA] Government Over Use Of Dangerous Rail Cars For Shipping Oil |
Katie Valentine |
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2014-09-04 |
EcoWatch / MPR News (USA) |
Dan Gunderson |
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2014-09-02 |
EcoWatch / DeSmogBlog |
Pipeline Giant Handed Permit to Open Tar Sands Rail Facility |
Steve Horn, DeSmogBlog - Enbridge, 350,000 bbls/day across US-Cda border |
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2014-09-01 |
MyStateline.com (USA) |
Phillip Reed - not enough trains for both industries to transport goods efficiently |
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2014-08-27 |
Global News |
CN derailment forces delay on Richmond Hill, Barrie GO lines |
Davd Shum - Richmond Hill – Barrie CN derailment |
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2014-08-22 |
Toronto Star |
Allan Woods |
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2014-08-21 |
CBC News |
Amber Hildebrandt |
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2014-08-17 |
Valley News (USA) |
Megan Durisin |
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2014-08-14 |
Seattlepi Blog (USA) |
Blog: Oil, railroad, coal port money gushes into races for Legislature |
Joel Connelly - US Washington State Senate Race |
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2014-08-06 |
Politico |
Kathryn A. Wolfe |
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2014-08-06 |
Washington Times / Politico |
Railroad insurance policies not enough for oil accidents: DOT |
Kevin Rogers |
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2014-08-01 |
CBC |
- CN freight train derailment near Gananoque, ON |
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2014-07-23 |
EcoWatch / Brandon Baker |
Obama Administration Proposes Stricter Rules for Crude Oil Trains to Halt Derailments |
Brandon Baker |
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2014-07-21 |
Pri.org |
Ex-employees claim a major US freight railroad company has ignored key safety checks |
Ashley Ahearn |
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2014-07-15 |
Brandon Sun (USA) |
Environmental groups seek immediate ban of oil shipments in older railroad tank cars |
Phuong Le and Matthew Brown, Associated Press |
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2014-07-13 |
Salt Lake Tribune (USA) |
Joan Lowy, Associated Press |
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2014-07-12 |
Toronto Star |
Windsor locks horns with railways over ‘dangerous goods’ confidentiality agreement |
Jessica McDiarmid |
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2014-07-14 |
CTV News |
Train disruptions east of Toronto may last until Friday morning: Via Rail |
- CN freight train train derailment in Brockville, ON
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2014-07-10 |
National Post |
Postmedia News & Jake Edmiston - Brockville, ON derailment - 26 cars jumped track |
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2014-07-10 |
Register-Star (USA) |
John Mason |
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2014-06-19 |
Toronto Star |
Toxic chemicals, crude oil, radioactive material ride the rails through Toronto |
Jessica McDiarmid |
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2014-05-26 |
Lex18.com (USA) |
- carrying railway ties |
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2014-05-25 |
Chicago Tribune (USA) |
Richard Wronski |
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2014-05-16 |
PostBulletin.com (USA) |
Jeff Kiger |
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2014-05-02 |
Council of Canadians |
Blog: Getting railroaded with DOT-111 tanker trains in Toronto |
Michael Butler |
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2014-04-30 |
Desmog |
Blog: Explosive Virginia Train Carried Fracked Bakken Oil, Headed to Potential Export Facility |
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2014-04-28 |
Chicago Business (USA) |
John Pletz |
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2014-04-26 |
Toronto Star |
Toxic chemicals, crude oil, radioactive material ride the rails through Toronto |
Jessica McDiarmid |
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2014-04-22 |
The Chronicle (USA) |
Natalie Hormilla |
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2014-04-20 |
SunSentinel (USA) |
Price tag hits $40 million for quiet zones on FEC railroad in Broward, Palm Beach counties |
Angel Streeter |
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2014-04-16 |
Times Colonist (USA) |
Railroads: Most freight train track won't have safety technology by installation deadline |
Joan Lowy, Associated Press |
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2014-04-10 |
Argus Leader |
Christopher Doering |
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2014-04-02 |
Capital Press |
- Jack Koraleski, Union Pacific |
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2014-04-02 |
Reuters |
UPDATE 2-Oil industry balks at sharing crucial rail data -U.S. regulator |
Patrick Rucker |
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2014-03-31 |
Oregon Live (USA) |
How to tell an oil train in Oregon apart from others: photo guide |
Rob Davis |
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2014-03-27 |
WESH Orlando (USA) |
Railroad crossing arms in Central Fla. failed dozens of times last year |
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2014-03-14 |
Globe and Mail |
Kim Mackrael - “small” = 200 litres / 1 barrel = 159 litres |
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2014-03-05 |
Toronto Star |
Spike in crude oil trains rumbling through heart of Toronto raises concerns |
Jessica McDiarmid |
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2014-02-25 |
DeSmog Blog (USA) |
Past Time to Close Loophole That Exempts Oil by Rail Companies from Spill Response Planning |
Justin Mikulka |
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2014-02-21 |
CBC News New Brunswick |
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2014-02-15 |
Maine Sunday Telegram |
Edward D. Murphy - former Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway will be known as the Central Maine and Quebec Railway |
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2014-01-23 |
Environmental Leader (USA) |
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2014-01-23 |
The Nation (USA) |
US railroad oil spills in 2013 surpassed previous four decades combined |
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2014-01-21 |
EcoWatch / Dr. David Suzuki (blog) |
Transporting Fossil Fuels: Rail vs. Pipeline is the Wrong Question |
Dr. David Suzuki |
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2014-01-20 |
NBC Philadelphia (USA) |
Sarah Glover and Dan Stamm - 101 car freight train, 7 cars derailed, |
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2014-01-17 |
Southtown Star |
Mike Nolan - do communities have the right to ticket slow or obstructive trains? |
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2014-01-16 |
NBC News |
Rail, oil industries weigh new safety measures in wake of derailments, explosions |
Lisa Riordan Seville |
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2014-01-13 |
CBC News |
Newer railcars 'damaged less' in Plaster Rock, N.B., derailment |
Dave Seglins |
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2014-01-09 |
Gizmodo |
How the Railroad Wiped Out Passenger Pigeons (and Nearly Bison, Too) |
Sarah Zhang |
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2014-01-08 |
Bangor Daily News |
President of railroad apologizes to New Brunswick town for derailment and fire |
Wapske, New Brunswick |
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2014-01-07 |
CBC News New Brunswick |
CN train carrying crude oil derailed, on fire near Plaster Rock |
Wapske, New Brunswick |
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2014-01-04 |
Knoxville Daily Sun (USA) |
Appeals court decides in favor of victim's estate in railroad wrongful death case |
- Winston Payne, former CSX switchman lost his life to lung cancer allegedly due to on the job exposure to asbestos, diesel exhaust fumes, radiation (enriched uranium and plutonium) |
Other Information:
AO Oil & Gas News – Quebec / Lac Mégantic Derailment
Transport Canada Emergency Response Guidebook 2012
https://awareontario.nfshost.com/AWARE-Ontario/News%20Oil_Gas.htm
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