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Trains are becoming less safe. Why the Ohio derailment disaster could happen more often
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn 2013, a train derailment and subsequent fire in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, killed 47 people and...
Welding work on fuel truck to blame for explosion north of Montreal that killed 3
CBC via Yahoo News· 6 months agoAn explosion that killed three people at a fuel distribution business north of Montreal occurred...
Ohio train derailment: Expert calls out officials for not being ‘forthright and transparent enough’
Yahoo Finance via AOL· 1 year agoDays after a train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, causing a toxic chemical spill and massive...
What we know and don't know about the hazards on PA's rails
Erie Times News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Feb. 3 Norfolk Southern train derailment that leaked vinyl chloride, a known carcinogen, into...
What you should know about crude oil on trains coming through Pa.
Beaver County Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMore trains carrying crude oil to East Coast refineries mean a greater risk of accidents....
‘Relying on luck rather than the law’: Transport of hazmat by rail still big, risky secret in Mass.
WFXT via Yahoo News· 1 year agoEach day, freight trains carry toxic and flammable material travel throughout Massachusetts – but...
The Climate Story Behind the Philadelphia I-95 Bridge Collapse
Time via Yahoo News· 12 months agoFirefighters look at a collapsed portion of Interstate 95, caused by a tanker vehicle fire, in...
'Lac-Mégantic – This Is Not an Accident' docuseries analyzes one of Canada's most devastating...
Yahoo News Canada· 1 year agoPhilippe Falardeau exposes systemic and political failures that led to the train derailment in the...
Biden officials weighing civil penalties in Ohio's toxic rail disaster
Politico via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Biden administration is considering civil penalties for freight railroad Norfolk Southern, along with possibly a legally binding order to ensure the company pays for cleanup costs associated ...
Four rail-borne risks moving through American communities
The Hill via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCommunities alongside rail lines had two more close calls this week as freight trains carrying...