The Lac Mégantic Rail Disaster: Ten Years Later
Ten years ago today, an unmanned train carrying 72 tankers full of highly combustible crude oil careened down a mountain…
Charges Dropped Against Railroad for Lac Mégantic Catastrophe
Criminal charges have been dropped against Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway (MMA), according to Quebec’s Director of Criminal and Penal Prosecutions…
LATE BREAKING: Lac Mégantic Rail Workers Acquitted
A jury has acquitted all three rail workers charged with criminal negligence causing death of 47 persons in the 2013…
“Perfect Storm” of Sub-Standard Company Practices Led to Disaster: Lac Mégantic Trial Goes To Jury
After a 3 month-long trial, jurors are finally deliberating on the fate of three rail workers accused of criminal neglegence…
Lac Mégantic: Blame the Worker on Steroids
An unmanned, half-mile long train “bomb train” carrying tank-cars full of highly explosive crude oil barrels toward a city where…
Today in History: Lac-Mégantic and Piper Alpha Disasters
Reprint from 2018 July 6 has a rather dubious place in the history of workplace and community safety, corporate responsibility…
Lessons Not Learned at Lac-Mégantic Anniversary
Steve Bannon may have moved out of the West Wing, but he left his goal of “deconstructing the regulatory state”…
Today in History: Lac-Mégantic and Piper Alpha Disasters
July 6 has a rather dubious place in the history of workplace and community safety, corporate responsibility and government oversight.…
Lac-Mégantic Trial Update: Who’s to Blame?
The trial of three rail employees blamed for the deaths of 47 people when a train carrying 73 cars of…
Lac-Mégantic Trial Reveals More Damning Evidence
The trial of three rail employees blamed for the deaths of 47 people due to a train carrying 73 cars…