As Smoke Clears in Illinois, ‘Bomb Trains’ Spark Demands for Regulation
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As Smoke Clears in Illinois, ‘Bomb Trains’ Spark Demands for Regulation

ByAndrea Germanos

With the flames from the most recent oil train derailment just extinguished, a spotlight hovers over the risks associated with what some have dubbed “bomb trains.” In the past month alone, there have been four such disasters in the United States and Canada: On February 14, a CN Rail freight train carrying crude from the…

3 Million Gallons of Drilling Wastewater Spilled in North Dakota

3 Million Gallons of Drilling Wastewater Spilled in North Dakota

ByAndrea Germanos

A pipeline rupture earlier this month in North Dakota is now revealed to have spilled a possible record-setting amount of “brine” created as a byproduct of oil drilling, with the full impacts of the incident still unknown. The North Dakota Department of Health was notified of the Jan. 6 leak in Williams County by pipeline…