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 ...

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.

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 ...

The effort is a response to a number of recent derailments and explosions that have increased partly because of booming oil production in the Bakken shale formation in North Dakota and Montana. The ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – We’re learning new information about Monday’s oil train explosion in West Virginia. Noble County officials believe that same train passed through Northeast Indiana while on ...

WASHINGTON — The explosion of a runaway oil train in Canada highlights the risks that come from transporting oil, no matter the method. Spills from rail cars occur more frequently than from pipelines, ...

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 ...