From 2018: “Trains that carry oil and other flammable material won’t have to install electronically controlled brakes that reduce the risk of train derailments and explosions after the reversal by Trump officials of an Obama-era safety rule.”

https://fortune.com/2018/09/24/train-explosion-prevention-rule-reversed-by-trump-officials/?amp;amp

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Trump Rolls Back Train-Braking Rule Meant to Keep Oil Tankers from Exploding Near Communities

An Obama rule to require new brakes to reduce the risk of oil train derailments, causing explosions and spilling gas, was reversed by Trump

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