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Oil Train Derails and Explodes Forcing Evacuations in West Virginia

A CSX Corp. train carrying Bakken oil from North Dakota derailed and ignited in West Virginia, forcing some residents to flee their homes in frigid weather while cutting power and threatening drinking water. Governor Earl Ray Tomblin declared a state …

Parts of Breached Montana Pipeline That Spilled Oil Exposed on Riverbed

Sonar indicates part of an underground pipeline that spilled almost 40,000 gallons of oil into Montana’s Yellowstone River and fouled a local water supply is exposed on the riverbed. The pipeline is exposed for about 50 feet near where the …

Feds Blame Industry for Hampering Oil Train Safety

U.S. transportation officials rebuked the oil industry Friday for not giving up information regulators say they need to gauge the danger of moving crude by rail, after several accidents highlighted the explosive properties of fuel from the booming oil shale …