Dramatic accidents pressure US rail safety regulators

摘要

Washington-With new derailments and explo- sions in the headlines, the US oil industry is girding for the Obama administration to impose strict new safety rules governing ship- ments of crude by rail. Oil industry officials have been lobbying US regulators to adopt a middle ground that would boost current tank car standards, but stop short of the most costly alternatives under consideration. But the recent flurry of accidents may make a compromise harder to achieve.