May 1, 2014, 5:00pm Business
Tesoro Corp.'s chief executive officer said Thursday that the cost of building an oil transfer terminal at the Port of Vancouver could run as high as $190 million -- 72 percent higher than originally estimated -- and that construction is not expected to begin until late 2014 or early 2015. Read story
April 30, 2014, 5:00pm Business
MOUNT VERNON -- Demonstrators concerned about oil trains protested outside a public hearing on an air quality permit for the Shell refinery at Anacortes. Read story
April 30, 2014, 5:00pm Business
The Port of Vancouver on Wednesday released an updated version of its lease for the Northwest's largest oil-by-rail transfer terminal, featuring fewer censored details but maintaining redactions of key issues the port considers sensitive. Read story
April 29, 2014, 5:00pm Business
ALBANY, N.Y. -- A fuel shipping company says it will voluntarily start requiring compliance with updated rail car standards for all crude oil trains arriving at its East and West Coast terminals, starting in upstate New York and Oregon. Read story
April 26, 2014, 5:00pm Latest News
SEATTLE -- Efforts to transform the Northwest into a fossil-fuel hub for North Dakota's crude, Alberta's oil sands and coal from the Rocky Mountains mean the risks of major spills and explosions in and around Washington state are rising and poised to skyrocket. Read story
April 23, 2014, 5:00pm Business
PORTLAND -- The head of the state Department of Transportation has reversed his agency's decision to quit collecting annual reports from railroads about shipments of crude oil in Oregon. Read story
April 21, 2014, 5:00pm Business
WASHINGTON -- None of the tank cars currently in service carrying Bakken crude oil is adequate for carrying that product, a rail industry representative testified Tuesday, but until new federal regulations are completed, the use of inadequate cars will continue. Read story
April 19, 2014, 5:00pm Nation & World
DENVER -- The U.S. energy boom is blurring the traditional political battle lines across the country. Read story
April 19, 2014, 5:00pm Nation & World
WASHINGTON -- Democrats sweating this year's elections may be hoping that the Obama administration's latest delay to the proposed Keystone XL pipeline takes a politically fraught issue off the table for the midterms. Fat chance. Read story
April 19, 2014, 5:00pm Business
The city of Vancouver is seeking an independent assessment of the region's readiness for possible oil spills, explosions or other accidents that may result from the Northwest's largest proposed oil-by-train terminal. Read story
