March 6, 2014, 4:00pm Business
WASHINGTON -- Government regulators are taking too long to write new rail safety regulations in light of recent fiery oil train accidents and a deadly commuter train derailment, senators complained Thursday. Read story
March 2, 2014, 4:00pm Clark County News
Those who have commented on the proposal by Tesoro Corp. and Savage Companies to build the Northwest's largest oil-by-rail facility at the Port of Vancouver are overwhelmingly opposed to the project, according to a report released by the Washington Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council this week. Read story
February 18, 2014, 4:00pm Latest News
OLYMPIA -- A measure aimed at addressing potential risks as more crude oil is shipped by rail into the state has cleared the House. House Bill 2347 passed early Tuesday on a 57-37 vote and now heads to the Senate. Read story
February 17, 2014, 4:00pm Business
SEATTLE -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced plans Tuesday to perform a narrow environmental review of a proposed terminal on the Columbia River that would ship millions of tons of coal to Asia. Read story
February 16, 2014, 4:00pm Business
CHICAGO -- Predictions of coal's demise in the United States may be greatly exaggerated. Read story
February 11, 2014, 4:00pm Business
Energy companies and environmental groups are drawing battle lines over the increase in oil-by-rail operations and proposals in the Northwest, including a plan by Tesoro Corp. and Savage Companies to handle as much as 380,000 barrels of crude per day at the Port of Vancouver. Read story
February 1, 2014, 4:00pm Business
WASHINGTON --- As federal regulators wrestle over how to improve the safety of crude-oil shipments by rail, they could dust off a solution first proposed during in the Nixon administration: slow the trains. Read story
January 7, 2014, 4:00pm Business
BELLINGHAM -- A subsidiary of Goldman Sachs has sold its sizeable stake in the companies proposing to build a coal export terminal near Bellingham. Read story
December 10, 2013, 4:00pm Business
Vancouver neighborhoods cut off from fire and police protection by increased train traffic. A highly volatile commodity traveling near homes. An industrial area prone to liquefying in an earthquake. Read story
November 27, 2013, 4:00pm Business
BELLINGHAM -- Three summers ago the company that wants to build the largest coal export terminal in North America failed to obtain the environmental permits it needed before bulldozing more than four miles of roads and clearing more than nine acres of land, including some wetlands. Read story
