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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…

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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.

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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.

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Record $9.6 million fine for Third Coast after substantial oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico

Pipeline safety regulators have imposed their largest fine ever on the company responsible for leaking 1.1 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico off the Louisiana coast in 2023

The Independent UK

‘Like something you see in a movie’: Trump cuts stir fears of more pipeline ruptures

In Satartia, Mississippi, locals say a carbon dioxide pipeline leak created an aftermath ‘like a zombie apocalypse’

The Guardian - US

Trump promised riches from ‘liquid gold’ in the US. Now fossil fuel donors are benefiting

How Kelcy Warren, one of Trump’s biggest industry backers, and his pipeline firm are likely to flourish in his second term

The Guardian - US

Regulators order corrective action as Keystone Pipeline operators aim to restore service

Federal regulators have ordered the operator of the Keystone Pipeline to take several corrective actions after a rupture caused 147,000 gallons of oil to spill onto farmland in North Dakota

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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

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

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

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

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

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

Ohio train derailed with toxic chemicals

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

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Texas Observer

Natural Gas Terminal Reopens After Massive Explosion

Regulators say the company fixed flaws at the natural gas plant which led compressed methane to burst from a pipe and catch fire.

Tribune News Service

Ohio chemical train disaster spotlights vacancy at US regulator

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has yet to nominate someone to lead the federal agency that regulates the transport of hazardous materials, including the toxic chemicals that spilled following the fiery derailment of a Norfolk Southern Corp. train in Ohio this month.

Salon

Tar sands oil spill is US's 2nd-largest

Experts say it will be harder to clean up than past leaks

WEKU

The Keystone pipeline leaked in Kansas. What makes this spill so bad?

The cause for the spill is still unclear. What's known is the type of oil that was piped: tar sands oil, also called diluted bitumen. It's a lot harder to clean up than conventional oil.

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Keystone Pipeline ran at heightened pressure before Kansas oil spill, cause still unknown

A special exemption from 2017 allowed the Keystone Pipeline to operate at pressures above the standard for crude oil transport, a report from the federal government shows. The exemption is receiving new scrutiny following last week’s oil spill in northern Kansas, the largest in the pipeline’s history.

Roll Call

Pipeline safety agency with big task lacks key resources - Roll Call

The agency tasked with the safety of more pipelines lacks an official leader as it faces growing pressure to write new regulations.

Salon

We're not ready for CO2 pipelines

Companies want to build pipelines to capture and store carbon, but a report warns that regulators aren’t prepared

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