The fiery derailment of a 106-car oil train in North Dakota on Monday is the latest manifestation of the perils that come with expanding shipments of the country's Bakken oil bounty by rail. The Wall Street Journal has a good update, as does NPR. An Associated Press report included this context:
Government regulators defended their record on moving hazardous materials by rail, noting that 2012 was the safest year in the industry's history. But oil trains have bucked that trend, thanks in part to the massive amount of oil being moved out of western North Dakota, where the industry's rapid growth is far outpacing pipeline development.
The Toronto Globe and Mail has published an excellent investigative package on the growth of rail shipments of oil attending the surge in shale-oil production. Here are the main elements, which focus, naturally, on the extraordinary oil-fire disaster that befell the small Quebec community of Lac-Mégantic in July (there's an excellent video overview, as well):
For a closer look at those lost in the Quebec inferno, read "The Ghost Train That Changed Lac-Mégantic Forever," part of the annual "The Lives They Lived" package in The Times.
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