Shipments of Bakken Crude Oil via rail are increasing exponentially across the United States. Most of these shipments are being carried out using DOT-111 tank cars.
Out of 93,000 of these tank cars now in service, only 14,000 are up to current safety standards. And if that were not enough, Bakken Crude Oil is more volatile than other crude oil products.
These high-risk rail tank cars need to be taken out of service immediately before the next derailment causes serious loss of life and reprehensible damage to our environment.