March 30, 2014, 5:00pm Business
From the start, the proposed oil terminal at the Port of Vancouver generated heated debate over what such a facility would mean for the community. Read story
March 28, 2014, 5:00pm Business
BILLINGS, Mont. -- U.S. transportation officials rebuked the oil industry Friday for not giving up information regulators say they need to gauge the danger of moving crude by rail, after several accidents highlighted the explosive properties of fuel from the booming oil shale fields on the Northern Plains. Read story
March 25, 2014, 5:00pm Latest News
SALEM, Ore. -- Environmental groups stepped up pressure Tuesday on Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber to push a state agency to reject permit applications for a proposed coal-export facility on the Columbia River. Read story
March 24, 2014, 5:00pm Business
Top executives from the companies behind a proposed oil terminal in Vancouver said Tuesday they believe it's premature to take a stand against the project before the state's siting review is sent to the governor. Read story
March 23, 2014, 5:00pm Business
Several top officials of the two companies hoping to build an oil-by-rail transfer terminal at the Port of Vancouver are in town this week for private meetings with key business and government leaders, and project partners. Read story
March 21, 2014, 5:00pm Business
A new study commissioned by the Port of Vancouver has found a very low likelihood of a train derailment on tracks that run alongside a waterfront redevelopment project whose leader says will largely be ruined if an oil-by-rail transfer terminal is built at the port. Read story
March 19, 2014, 5:00pm Business
A majority of the Vancouver City Council now publicly opposes plans to build the Northwest's largest oil-handling facility at the Port of Vancouver. Read story
March 16, 2014, 5:00pm Nation & World
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- After a coalition of environmental groups sued to force Duke Energy to clean up nearly three dozen leaky coal ash dumps spread across North Carolina, the nation's largest electricity company turned to state legislators last summer for help. Read story
March 11, 2014, 5:00pm Business
SEATTLE -- A federal judge in Seattle on Wednesday allowed a lawsuit over coal trains to proceed against BNSF Railway. Read story
March 7, 2014, 4:00pm Business
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee won't say anything about the proposal to build the Northwest's largest oil-by-rail transfer terminal in Vancouver until the state permitting agency reviewing the project makes its recommendation. Read story
