"U.S. and Canadian officials unveiled regulations [Friday] that would effectively overhaul the entire fleet of U.S. crude oil tank cars in five years.

The crude-by-rail safety rule -- jointly developed by the U.S. Department of Transportation and Transport Canada -- marks the most significant regulatory action since a runaway train hauling oil derailed and exploded killing 47 people two years ago in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec.

'We can never undo the damage that took place in Lac-Mégantic or in any other railway accident, but we can and must learn from those events and improve our system,' Canada's Minister of Transport Lisa Raitt said during a press conference yesterday in Washington, D.C."

Blake Sobczak reports for Greenwire May 1, 2015. [2]

SEE ALSO:

"New Oil Train Rules Are Hit From All Sides" (New York Times) [3]

"How New Oil Transport Regulations Could Increase Rail Safety" (Christian Science Monitor) [4]

"Dems Criticize Obama’s Oil Train Safety Rules" (The Hill) [5]

"Veil of Secrecy Returns To Oil Trains in Pacific Northwest Under New Plan" (Oregonian) [6]

"New Oil-Train Rules Leave a Lot of Questions Unanswered" (McClatchy) [7]

"Did You Like Knowing Where Oil Trains Moved In the Northwest? Too Bad." (EarthFix/OPB) [8]