Two crude-by-rail accidents earlier this month highlight the urgent need to regulate this dangerous mode of oil transportation, which threatens communities along the tracks.

Long phase-out of hazardous cars, inadequate speed limits, deficient tanker shells leave communities at risk of catastrophe

On Monday, the Supreme Court will hear a case that may impact Amtrak's on-time performance.

Federal agency refuses to act on hazardous rail cars carrying explosive Bakken crude

Federal agency refuses to act on hazardous rail cars carrying explosive Bakken crude

Local communities are fed up with lax crude-by-rail regulations, so last month they took their complaints straight to Washington, D.C. and the Department of Transportation.

It’s senseless to double the crude-by-rail fleet before replacing faulty oil train cars

Call for immediate ban on dangerous tanker cars

Petition for a writ of mandamus regarding an emergency order prohibiting the shipment of Bakken crude in unsafe tank cars

Groups file lawsuit against Department of Transportation for inadequate action on oil train risks

The Department of Transportation has proposed long-overdue rules to improve the safety of tank cars used to ship highly volatile Bakken crude oil and other hazardous fuels across America.

Proposal would allow dangerous, outdated freight cars to keep going through communities

Sierra Club and ForestEthics, represented by Earthjustice, filed a formal legal petition in July 2014 to compel the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation to issue an emergency order prohibiting the use of hazardous rail cars—known as DOT-111s—for shipping flammable Bakken crude oil. The National Transportation Safety Board has repeatedly found that the DOT-111…

Today, two national environmental organizations filed a formal legal petition to compel the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation to issue an emergency order prohibiting the use of hazardous rail cars — known as DOT-111s — for shipping flammable Bakken crude oil. The National Transportation Safety Board has repeatedly found that the DOT-111 tank cars are prone to puncture on impact, spilling oil and often triggering destructive fires and explosions. The Safety Board has made official recommendations to stop shipping crude oil in these hazardous tank cars, but the federal regulators have not heeded these pleas.

Seek emergency order banning the use of hazardous rail cars to ship explosive crude oil