Business
With America’s new oil boom forcing more and more crude onto long trains to make up for inadequate pipeline capacity, Warren Buffett’s BNSF has opened bids to buy 5,000 safer transport cars.
Feb. 21, 2014
Science & Medicine
BNSF Railway, which failed to report the June 2012 spill when it occurred, pleads no contest to criminal charges. The agreement includes paying a port police officer’s medical expenses.
Jan. 15, 2014
BNSF Railway to pay $140,000 over chemical spill near Port of L.A.
Buffett’s BNSF Rail wants safer oil tank cars after fires, explosions
World & Nation
Amtrak and BNSF Railway claim a Missouri company that owned and operated the dump truck involved in the crash was negligent.
June 30, 2022
Re “Railroad’s ‘green’ claim is way off track,” Opinion, March 10 Angelo Logan misleads readers about BNSF Railway’s commitment to cleaning up its yards throughout California.
March 28, 2008
Opinion
The California Environmental Quality Act is a valuable protector of this state’s resources.
April 21, 2016
A firm that wants to expand port service has proved a poor neighbor elsewhere.
March 10, 2008
To the editor: Jim Newton’s op-ed article on the recent court decision involving a proposed rail yard at the Port of Los Angeles dismissed the harm from air pollution on the project’s neighbors.
April 28, 2016
As a huge L.A. rail yard nears capacity, a proposal to build a second one generates concern about the effect on air quality.
Jan. 19, 2007