The surge in domestic oil production has generated intense debate about the environmental impact of fracking and gas pipelines. Little attention has been paid however to highly dangerous oil train transportation practices. Last summer a freight train derailed in Quebec and the ensuing explosions leveled the downtown area of Lac-Mégantic, killing 47 people. Mother Jones…
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Federal regulators recently imposed the biggest punishment they could on General Motors and condemned it over its failure to promptly report a defect that has been linked to 13 deaths. GM will pay a $35 million dollar penalty, which is the maximum allowed and the largest fine ever imposed on an automaker. GM will be…
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A 21-year-old driver has been arrested after allegedly killing two people in Texas during a road-rage incident. That driver was reportedly outraged at a 20-year-old motorist; both were speeding through traffic on Farm-to-Market Road 544. The car accident occurred when the victim took evasive action to avoid striking the defendant. That defendant is accused of…
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In February of 2008, Chesapeake Energy, an Oklahoma City-based energy company, purchased a 5 acre lot of land in Fort Worth, Texas. By 2011, natural gas was flowing from what would eventually become three wells on the property. Unfortunately for nearby resident Sam Crowder, this drill pad is a mere 165 feet from his property…
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According to Fuel Fix, BP said last Wednesday that it will take the courtroom fight over the settlement agreement it previously reached with plaintiffs to the United States Supreme Court. The company has argued that the settlement agreement reached with plaintiffs’ attorneys in 2012 is being misinterpreted and BP is being forced to pay meritless…
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It appears that General Motors has learned its lesson about waiting too long to recall vehicles, as the company has issued yet another recall. This time around, the company has recalled more than 200,000 Chevrolet Aveo subcompact cars, which brings the total number of recalled GM vehicles this year in the United States to approximately…
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A high-pressure explosion at an oil well in Loving County, Texas killed two contractors and injured nine more on Wednesday, April 30. The two workers, identified as Amos B. Ortega, 46, and Roberto Andrade Magdaleno, 41, both of New Mexico, worked for Ameriflow Energy Services, a subsidiary of Crescent Services, an oilfield services company working…
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A Texas teenager who was seriously injured after his involvement in a 2013 wreck will receive a $2 million settlement from the family of the at-fault driver. The victim was riding in the vehicle with a teenager who famously used the “affluenza” defense during his criminal trial. The driver, age 16 at the time of…
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