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Rail drivers across Spain started a three-day nationwide strike to protest safety guarantees after two deadly crashes in January, urging more staff, maintenance, and investment as investigations point to track faults and infrastructure concerns; the government defends existing investments amid parliamentary scrutiny.
Canada and Mexico are enhancing their trade infrastructure by increasing railway and port capacities, developing energy corridors, and seeking to bypass U.S. tariffs through improved transportation links, including a focus on rail and port investments and potential innovative ideas like cargo airships, to strengthen economic ties amid U.S. trade disruptions.
California has passed new rules to limit emissions from diesel-fueled locomotive engines, requiring the phase-out of inefficient locomotive engines more than 23 years old by 2030, increasing the use of zero-emissions technology to transport freight from ports and throughout rail yards, and banning diesel-spewing engines from idling for longer than 30 minutes. Diesel emissions are responsible for some 70% of Californians’ cancer risk from toxic air pollution. The rule would also drastically cut greenhouse gas emissions from locomotives by an amount akin to removing all heavy-duty trucks from the state by 2030.
Rail workers in Germany went on strike demanding a pay rise to match inflation, while the Verdi union organized a strike at five airports. The strike led to the cancellation of around 700 flights at three airports on Thursday and spread to others on Friday. The EVG union is negotiating on behalf of 230,000 workers and is seeking a 12% wage increase, while Deutsche Bahn has put forth a pay increase of 5%. Germany has witnessed some of its most disruptive strikes in decades over the past several months.