Miami (FL) Herald,
Canada’s oil trains just got safer. We’re stuck on the slower track Congress set
WASHINGTON - More than a year ahead of the United States, the Canadian government has removed tank cars from the transportation of crude oil that have leaked and caught fire in rail accidents.
Canada’s Transport Minister, Marc Garneau, said Monday that the legacy DOT-111 tank car would no longer be permitted to move crude oil within Canada as of Tuesday, 16 months ahead of schedule.
According to a timetable set by Congress last December, a comparable phase-out won’t occur on the U.S. side of the border until Jan. 1, 2018.
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