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Domestic News

Railroads Seek to Avoid a Patchwork Quilt of Regulatory Requirements

Imagine that every state along the interstate highway network were legally empowered to establish its own individual environmental standards for motor carriers when operating in that state. That's a good analogy for a specter haunting the freight rail industry today following a district court decision in 2016.

Acquisition of Short Line Railroad Genesee & Wyoming Completed

Genesee & Wyoming, Inc.announced that the sale of the company to affiliates of infrastructure asset management firms Brookfield Infrastructure and GIC has been completed.

Program to Prevent Plastic Pellet Pollution Criticized as Ineffective

The American Chemistry Council (ACC) and Plastics Industry Association (PIA) have announced a new program to help manage and prevent the accidental release of pre-production plastic pellets, sometimes called “nurdles,” into the environment, but an environmental group says it does not go far enough.

U.S. Grain Futures Set for Yearly Rise on U.S.-China Demand Hopes

Chicago wheat, corn and soybean futures were set to post annual gains after an outline U.S.-Chinese trade deal that could boost crop exports helped prices rally towards the end of the year.