Oil Trains Spilled More Crude oil Last Year Than In The Previous 38 Years Combined!

A new analysis of government data shows that more oil was spilled from trains in the U.S. in 2013 than in every year between 1975 and 2012 combined. Rail cars released more than 1.15 million gallons of crude oil last year, reports McClatchy's Curtis Tate, while only a combined 800,000 gallons were spilled in the previous 38 years.

Oil Trains Spilled More Crude oil Last Year Than In The Previous 38 Years Combined! The analysis used data from the Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration and does not include the deadly July 6 train derailment in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, that released an estimated 1.58 million gallons of oil and killed 47 people.

Questions have arisen about the safety of transporting oil by rail, as the number of “mobile pipeline” trains has increased relative to an oil production boom in the central U.S. in recent years. Much of this boom (and the s...

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