No deaths have been reported, but residents of Casselton, less than a mile away from the derailment, were urged to evacuate when the wind shifted, sending oily smoke in their direction. Here's a map ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- An inspection of crude oil tank cars and rails traveling through New York State has found 93 defects so far, and an accident could be catastrophic. Just weeks after Eyewitness News ...

The final tab for Eagle County's ultimately unsuccessful legal challenge of the proposed 88-mile Uinta Basin Railway project ...

On April 18, a wildflower photographer looking for blooming balsamroot on the Oregon slopes of the Columbia River Gorge happened to glance down and see dozens of black tankers barreling along the ...

Officials in Eagle County, Colo., are suing the U.S. Department of the Interior and Bureau of Land Management over expansion of a facility for loading oil trains in Carbon County, Utah. The lawsuit ...

The Swinomish Indian Tribal Community said Tuesday it had reached an agreement with BNSF Railway, putting an end to a lawsuit over the railway's trespass over tribal land. The terms of the agreement ...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A train that derailed and spilled 35,000 gallons of oil in northeastern Montana was traveling within authorized speed limits, federal officials said Monday as they continued to ...

ANACORTES — The Skagit County Sheriff’s Office says three oil-train protesters have been arrested for blocking the railroad tracks at the Tesoro refinery near Anacortes. About two dozen people were ...

A U.S. Supreme Court ruling this year had big implications for both western Colorado and national application of an environmental law. In May, the court unanimously reversed aspects of a federal ...

The Swinomish Indian Tribal Community said Tuesday it had reached an agreement with BNSF Railway, ending a lawsuit over the railway’s trespass over tribal land. The terms of the agreement are ...