They also say pipelines are a safer method of transporting oil than trains, pointing to recent cases
of oil train derailments.
Not exact matches
There have been a number
of high - profile
derailments of trains — including one by UP — carrying shale
oil, much
of which is produced in new drilling areas without established pipeline networks and must be moved by rail.
The
derailment and explosions, which took place around 1:15 a.m. on Saturday, underscored a debate in the effort to transport North America's
oil across long distances: is it safer and less environmentally destructive to move huge quantities
of crude
oil by
train or by pipeline?
State and federal inspectors have completed a second round
of safety checks
of train tracks and
oil tanker cars in an effort to prevent
derailments and spills
of volatile crude from North Dakota's Bakken region.
In light
of the March 7 CSX
train derailment in Newburgh, state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli wrote to U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao requesting that she consider additional safety measures to reduce risks and protect New Yorkers from the transport
of crude
oil and any hazardous materials by rail.
Hawkins Calls for Moratorium on
Oil Shipment by Rail and No Tar Sands
Oil in New York Until Moratorium, NY Residents Have a Right to Know Details
of Bakken and other
Oil Shipments (Syracuse, NY) At a vigil in Syracuse to observe the one year anniversary
of the 47 residents killed in Lac Megantic, Canada by a
derailment of a «bomb
train,» Howie Hawkins said that New York State residents have a right to know about the details
of similar shipments here in New York.
It was the latest in a series
of North American
derailments involving
trains hauling crude
oil, raising concerns about rail safety.
Tens
of millions
of dollars have been put toward infrastructure for transporting that
oil out
of state, but recent
derailments and explosions involving
oil tanker
trains are prompting calls for a slow - down.
Today's Emergency Order, the fourth from DOT in less than a year, was issued in response to recent
derailments involving
trains carrying crude
oil from the Bakken region and out
of concerns over proper classification that are currently under investigation as part
of Operation Classification, also known as the «Bakken Blitz.»
On August 29, 2013, the first - ever emergency session
of the RSAC was held in response to the July 6, 2013
derailment of an unattended Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway freight
train containing crude
oil in Lac - Mégantic, Quebec, Canada.
These incidents include over three - hundred unreported spills from 2012 to 2013, several significant leaks
of oil and polluted saltwater into streams and farmland in the six months prior to the latest
train derailment (see here and here), a decade - old saltwater spill which is still being cleaned up coupled with a pipeline rupture discovered in September 2013 which will take another four years to clean, and a natural - gas pipeline explosion across the border in Canada, which impacted gas availability in several U.S. states during the winter
of 2014 (see here and here).
On Thursday, I wrote about the 30,000 gallons
of Canadian
oil that spilled in Minnesota following a
train derailment and noted the differences in
oil spills caused by
train accidents versus
oil pipelines.