Forty-seven people, including a four-year-old child, died in July 2013 when a train carrying crude oil derailed in Lac Mégantic, Quebec. Sixty-three tank cars derailed and of these, 59 punctured or ...

Nobody likes exploding trains, but Americans can’t yet seem to quit their unhealthy relationship with fossil fuels, and so we get exploding trains. Five this year, as a matter of fact. You know who ...

Anyone plugged into environmental issues saw all kinds of stories about "bomb trains" last week, marking the first anniversary of a train accident in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, Canada. That train was ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Well, this is becoming an unfortunate trend.

Wreckage from the latest oil train explosion hadn't been cleared from the crash site in West Virginia last week when President Obama vetoed legislation that would have approved construction of the ...

The oil and gas boom in the United States is good for the goal of energy independence, but is the transport of light sweet crude oil by rail through local cities and towns worth the risk? “U.S. Rail ...

EAST PALESTINE, OhioEAST PALESTINE, Ohio — Crews start release of toxic chemicals from derailed train cars in danger of exploding near Ohio-Pennsylvania line.