Federal regulators in North America are under pressure from industry bodies and environmental advocates worried about the safe transport of oil by rail. North American crude oil production has increased to the point that there’s not enough pipeline infrastructure to handle deliveries. That leaves energy companies to rely more on rail as an alternate transit method and, with that, comes more derailments involving trains carrying oil. Canadian officials are still responding to a March 7 derailment of a Canadian National Railway Co. train carrying crude oil through Ontario. Three of the 39 cars that derailed fell into an area river in a ball of flames . Canadian Transport Minister Lisa Raitt announced new regulations […]