August 16, 2016, 9:37am Latest News
Three weeks after proposing an ordinance to fine railroad operators up to $261 per car carrying crude oil or coal through downtown Spokane, the City Council has voted to withdraw the measure. Read story
August 15, 2016, 7:03pm Business
When an oil train derailed in Mosier, Ore., earlier this summer, the firefighting foam that first responders rely on to extinguish oil fires dissolved before it could suppress the flames. Read story
August 15, 2016, 4:24pm Business
Federal investigators have issued new safety recommendations aimed at preventing accidents similar to the 2010 explosion that killed seven workers at the Tesoro refinery in Anacortes. Read story
August 13, 2016, 3:29pm Latest News
The president of the Spokane City Council will ask colleagues to withdraw a ballot measure that would fine oil and coal shipments through the city. Read story
August 10, 2016, 5:00pm Business
The Whatcom County Council has temporarily banned new permit applications for projects that ship crude oil and other unrefined fossil fuels out of Cherry Point. Read story
August 9, 2016, 10:40am Business
Police are warning people to stay away from an oil rig that was blown onto a remote Scottish beach in a storm. Read story
July 31, 2016, 6:00am Business
Keystone was the great hope for opening U.S. markets further to Canadian crude. Now that it’s dead, railways will not only make a comeback but transport more oil than ever. Read story
July 29, 2016, 7:24pm Business
After five weeks of hearings, thousands of pages of exhibits and testimony from numerous experts, opponents and supporters of the proposed Vancouver Energy oil terminal made their closing statements on Friday in the same building where the deliberations began. Read story
July 29, 2016, 12:01am Clark County News
One of the most influential voices weighing in on the nation’s largest proposed oil-by-rail terminal recommended rejecting the Vancouver project. Read story
July 27, 2016, 4:27pm Latest News
As crude oil trains began rolling through its downtown a few years ago, Spokane was among the first cities to pass a resolution calling for stronger federal safety regulations. Read story
