February 7, 2017, 9:40am Nation & World
A defective axle broke and caused a 2013 train derailment that led to a series of explosions in North Dakota, the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday. Read story
January 23, 2017, 9:20am Business
The Tesoro refinery in northwestern Washington has paid a $325,000 fine to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for alleged violations of the Clean Air Act. Read story
January 19, 2017, 4:50pm Business
About 21,600 rail cars carrying just under 618 million gallons of crude oil rolled into Washington state between October and December of last year, according to a new report released by the Department of Ecology. Read story
January 19, 2017, 11:33am Nation & World
A group of about two dozen North Dakota landowners is suing the developer of the disputed Dakota Access oil pipeline for alleged deceit and fraud in acquiring land easements. Read story
January 12, 2017, 5:03pm Business
The Washington Supreme Court threw a major wrench Thursday in plans for a big oil terminal on the coast, saying the proposal must be reviewed under a 1989 state law designed to protect marine life following the Exxon Valdez spill in Alaska. Read story
January 6, 2017, 9:53am Nation & World
A Chippewa tribe in Wisconsin is calling for the removal of a pipeline from its reservation after 64 years of operation. Read story
December 21, 2016, 12:50pm Business
President Barack Obama’s administration is expected to push through long-delayed safety measures for the nation’s sprawling network of oil pipelines in its final days, despite resistance from industry and concern that incoming president Donald Trump may scuttle them. Read story
December 20, 2016, 1:45pm Nation & World
President Barack Obama on Tuesday designated the bulk of U.S.-owned waters in the Arctic Ocean and certain areas in the Atlantic Ocean as indefinitely off limits to future oil and gas leasing. Read story
December 15, 2016, 4:11pm Business
The Portland City Council on Wednesday unanimously passed a first-in the country ban on new bulk fossil fuel storage facilities that commissioners hope will be replicated in other cities even as the incoming Trump administration signals its intent to dismantle federal climate change policies. Read story
December 14, 2016, 12:26pm Nation & World
The discovery of an oil pipeline spill earlier this month in western North Dakota has drawn heightened attention because of the battle over the Dakota Access oil pipeline being built about 150 miles to the southeast. While the spill was on a different pipeline, the Standing Rock Sioux and its… Read story