February 6, 2016, 5:11am Business
Cheap oil will be sticking around for a while. Read story
February 4, 2016, 7:02pm Business
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is proposing a $10-a-barrel oil tax, phased in over five years, to pay for a variety of transportation initiatives, including new rail corridors, highway projects, pilot projects for self-driving cars, and other technologies he said fall under the goal of a "clean transportation" system. Read story
February 4, 2016, 4:53pm Business
The oil terminal proposed for the Port of Vancouver is going on trial. Read story
February 1, 2016, 9:44pm Business
For the third time, the Vancouver City Council has extended its moratorium on crude oil-handling facilities by six months, drawing praise from citizens Monday night. Read story
January 28, 2016, 4:32pm Business
A company looking to possibly bring crude oil through the Port of Vancouver -- no, not that company -- is now eyeing another chemical commodity. Read story
January 27, 2016, 8:12pm Clark County Business
Tribal fishermen and women along the Columbia River have fought for decades to maintain their access to the waterway and to restore struggling fisheries. Now, they're also worried about the potential consequences of fossil fuels moving through the Columbia River Gorge. Read story
January 27, 2016, 4:45pm Business
While much of the debate over a rail-to-marine oil terminal at the Port of Vancouver has dealt in hypotheticals and intangibles, one question has a human face: Just who, exactly, would work at this facility? Read story
January 25, 2016, 7:47pm Business
In an effort to prepare for the increase in crude-by-rail traveling through Washington, the state's Department of Ecology is working on rules to strengthen safety measures. Read story
January 24, 2016, 6:01am Business
Time really flies when you're swimming in a swamp of words and numbers that frame the grinding debate over building the nation's largest oil terminal. Read story
January 22, 2016, 10:13pm Business
The state attorney tasked with defending the environment took aim at the Port of Vancouver's proposed rail-to-marine oil terminal in comments submitted Friday by asserting that the risks of train derailments are being underplayed. Read story
