Nation May 23 Watch 8:59 Highlighted by hazards, new rules aim to tackle the safety of oil trains In North Dakota, nearly a million barrels of crude oil are extracted from the ground each day, and instead of pipelines, most of it is transported by rail. Now, prompted by a series of catastrophic accidents, the Department of Transportation… By PBS News Hour
Nation May 22 DOT issues new rules to minimize disaster when oil trains derail Russell Gold, the author of the book, The Boom: How Fracking Ignited the American Energy Revolution and Changed the World, and an energy reporter for the Wall Street Journal, joins the NewsHour's Stephen Fee via Google Hangout to discuss the… By Stephen Fee