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Train derailment: Oil train catches fire in Canada

2014-01-08 13:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Christian Science Monitor: Tuesday's train derailment is the latest in a series of oil-train accidents that have fueled a debate over how to safely transport crude oil and refined petroleum products. North American oil and gas production is rising faster than pipeline capacity, forcing bottlenecks at key energy transit points. Companies have turned increasingly to rail to move oil from shale-rock formations in North Dakota, Pennsylvania, and elsewhere, to markets at home and abroad. The latest train derailment involved...

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