June 4, 2016, 12:26am Clark County News
Columbia Gorge environmental advocates, including some from Clark County, have scheduled a noon protest rally today in Hood River, Ore., to call for an end to oil trains. Read story
June 3, 2016, 7:45pm Business
A massive new document could disrupt the permitting process for the country’s largest oil-by-rail terminal — and it’s coming from the companies looking to build it. Read story
June 3, 2016, 5:03pm Business
The Washington Department of Ecology on Friday pitched its proposed new rules to protect the environment from oil spills during a train derailment, but some in the audience at a Vancouver public hearing questioned if the agency was doing enough. Read story
June 3, 2016, 1:30pm Editor's Choice
A train towing cars full of oil has derailed in Oregon’s scenic Columbia River Gorge, sparking a fire that is sending a plume of black smoke high into the sky. Read story
June 2, 2016, 6:01am Business
Those with an opinion on oil trains in Washington state will have another chance to share it in Vancouver on Friday when the Department of Ecology holds hearings on two proposed safety rules for oil-by-rail in the state. Read story
May 29, 2016, 6:05am Clark County Business
When plans for the nation's largest oil terminal at the Port of Vancouver surfaced in 2013, project backers likely expected opposition from environmentalists. But what they surely didn't anticipate was that a broad swath of the region, from city councils to local businesses to Indian tribes, would so forcefully turn… Read story
May 27, 2016, 12:34pm Business
An oil train or tanker accident in the Columbia River could rack up more than $170 million in environmental damages that could take decades to repair, according to a report released Friday by the state Attorney General’s Office. Read story
May 22, 2016, 6:02am Business
Todd Coleman became CEO of the Port of Vancouver just after the port hit its 100th birthday, a milestone marking a century of relative political peace within the community. Read story
May 20, 2016, 10:45am Nation & World
Crews in North Dakota are excavating pastureland after more than 120,000 gallons of oil and drilling wastewater overflowed from a tank. Read story
May 19, 2016, 4:58pm Business
Canada energy regulators on Thursday recommended approval of a pipeline-expansion project that would dramatically increase the number of oil tankers moving through the waters between the U.S. and Canada. Read story
