Proposed federal rules to make hauling crude oil by rail safer and avoid fiery wrecks would drive up costs and put the U.S. energy revival at risk, the head of an oil industry trade group said. The American Petroleum Institute …
North Dakota oil producers told the state’s energy regulators on Tuesday that existing field practices used to prepare Bakken crude for rail transport are safe and that tougher rules could do more harm than good. The comments, at a special …
A public forum is planned to discuss oil train safety in the eastern Adirondacks and Champlain Valley, N.Y. The forum Thursday evening in Plattsburgh will include emergency services directors, federal spill-response officials, environmental groups, lake ecologists and advocates for healthy …