Canada is strengthening proposed new safety standards for rail cars carrying crude oil, requiring thicker steel and other improvements after a 2013 derailment killed 47 people. The latest Transport Canada proposals, published online Wednesday, go beyond earlier announcements by requiring rail cars carrying crude to have thicker steel, full “head shields,” mandatory thermal “jacket” protection among other upgrades. Canada continues to work with the U.S. on rail standards, the document said, adding the U.S. will make its own decisions. In its online update, Transport Canada said the Transportation Safety Board had pushed for improvements from those initially published in January 2014. Transport Minister Lisa Raitt announced the new standards, which are still subject to federal cabinet approval, in parliament Wednesday. The standards create “a new class of tank car specifically designed to transport flammable liquids by rail,” said Zach Segal, a spokesman for Raitt. The updated proposals […]