Top officials from the railroad and oil industries agreed Wednesday to consider voluntary new safety steps for oil trains carrying crude from the Bakken region of North Dakota in the wake of recent ...

ST. PAUL - Winona LaDuke plans to use her national notoriety to fight what she says are dangers caused by North Dakota's oil boom, which also could affect Minnesota communities such as where she lives ...

Up to 52 oil trains, each loaded with more than 1 million gallons of North Dakota crude, roll through Minnesota every week. An estimated 326,170 Minnesotans live within half a mile of railroad tracks ...

About 2,500 fire departments are adjacent to rail lines transporting oil in North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois and Iowa alone, according to figures provided by the Department of ...