May 17, 2016, 9:28pm Nation & World
A Texas pipeline company that spilled more than 140,000 gallons of crude oil on the California coast last year was indicted on dozens of criminal charges in the disaster that closed popular beaches and killed sea lions and birds, prosecutors said Tuesday. Read story
May 14, 2016, 9:31pm Northwest
If an oil train derailed in Washington and dumped most of its cargo, cleanup costs could exceed $775 million, according to documents BNSF Railway Co. provided to the state. Read story
May 14, 2016, 3:53pm Latest News
SEATTLE -- Hundreds of climate activists on Saturday marched to the site of two refineries in northwest Washington to call for a break from fossil fuels, while a smaller group continued to block railroad tracks leading to the facilities for a second day. Read story
May 14, 2016, 3:14pm Latest News
Climate activists from around the Northeast gathered Saturday at a key crude oil shipment hub on the Hudson River in upstate New York to denounce fossil fuels and promote an accelerated transition to renewable energy sources. Read story
May 11, 2016, 4:48pm Business
The oil-producing region of North Dakota and Montana leaks 275,000 tons of methane annually, a significant amount of the greenhouse gas but less than previously believed, a study released Wednesday said. Read story
May 3, 2016, 2:44pm Business
Port of Vancouver CEO Todd Coleman is stepping down effective May 19, the port announced Tuesday afternoon. His sudden and unexpected departure marks the end of a four-year run dominated by the controversy over the proposal, driven by Coleman, to build the nation’s largest oil terminal. Read story
May 1, 2016, 6:01am Business
Stripped bare, the effort to build the nation’s largest rail-to-marine oil terminal at the Port of Vancouver is about money. Tesoro Corp. and Savage Cos. intend to make plenty of it, and they promise the community will get plenty too. Read story
April 26, 2016, 4:28pm Business
The lease amendment for the Vancouver Energy rail-to-marine oil terminal was put to rest Tuesday morning, but not before another round of rancor over the proposed terminal, which would be the nation's largest. Read story
April 25, 2016, 4:50pm Business
The company behind the proposal for the nation's largest rail-to-marine oil terminal at the Port of Vancouver has signaled it's ready to accept a contract change approved by port commissioners April 15. Read story
April 24, 2016, 9:33pm Latest News
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has fined the Tesoro oil refinery in Anacortes nearly $720,000 for alleged safety violations found during two facility inspections in 2011. Read story
