The Latest Breaking News from PHMSA

PHMSA Finalizes Electronic Payment Rule for Hazardous Materials Registration Fees

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) has published a final rule updating payment procedures related to its hazardous materials program. The rule, titled “Hazardous Materials: Modernizing Payments To and From America’s Bank Account,” was published in the Federal Register on August 4, 2026, and…

Clever Dude · Aug 5

PHMSA Confirms January 1, 2027 Effective Date for Updated Federal Pipeline Safety Standards

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) has confirmed that an updated pipeline safety rule will take effect on January 1, 2027, according to an official announcement published in the Federal Register on July 31, 2026.

Clever Dude · Aug 4

Pipeline operator faces record fine after oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico

Regulators say the 2023 spill off Louisiana could have been far smaller if risks had been addressed sooner.

Euronews · Jan 6

Revealed: how a US public university courted the gas industry despite climate impacts

McNeese State University in Louisiana building a liquefied natural gas center, prompting fears of ‘corporate capture’

The Guardian - US · Dec 19, 2024

I’m fighting a company that wants to put a dangerous CO2 pipeline in my community

Navigator Heartland Greenway LLC is trying to gaslight us into believing that CO2 pipelines are always safe.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 10, 2023

Carbon capture technology is safe. Illinois should embrace CO2 pipeline projects.

CO2 pipelines are critical to achieving the Biden administration’s admirable climate reduction goals.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 1, 2023

Three top US transportation agencies still don’t have permanent leaders

WASHINGTON — Three of the major U.S. transportation safety agencies are without permanent leaders as the nation contends with toxic railway spills, near-collisions on runways and surging traffic deaths.

Tribune News Service · Jun 29, 2023

Emergency workers in Ohio train derailment lacked crucial hazmat data

Emergency officials who rushed to the scene of a toxic Norfolk Southern Corp. train derailment last month may not have had access to crucial information about which hazardous materials the train was carrying, the Department of Transportation said in a safety advisory Friday.

Tribune News Service · Mar 3, 2023

The unique free rein U.S. rail companies enjoy has led to disastrous accidents. Now they’re preparing to ship even more hazardous materials through our communities

Several industries transport hazardous substances. What sets rail apart is the unilateral decision-making and unwillingness to work with first responders.

Fortune · Mar 3, 2023

Ohio train derailed with toxic chemicals

Trains carry hazardous chemicals every day. They're also dangerously unregulated.

Salon · Feb 26, 2023