December 23, 2015, 6:07am Business
More than 900 first responders in Washington have received training this year from BNSF Railway on how to respond to hazardous materials spills, according to the railroad. Read story
December 22, 2015, 5:11pm Business
There are some who don't want the world drinking oil through a straw that travels through Vancouver. Read story
December 19, 2015, 6:05am Business
The chance of an oil train derailing and dumping its cargo between Spokane and a new terminal proposed for Vancouver is extremely low, according to a risk assessment prepared for state officials. Read story
December 16, 2015, 5:13pm Business
The likely Congress repeal of restrictions on U.S. oil exports is drawing criticism from environmental groups opposed to new oil transfer terminals in Oregon and Washington, including what would be the nation's largest such terminal at the Port of Vancouver. Read story
December 16, 2015, 5:11pm Business
The California Air Resources Board has joined the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in saying that its work has been misrepresented in a widely circulated mailer produced by Vancouver Energy, the joint oil terminal venture of Tesoro Corp. and Savage Companies. Read story
December 16, 2015, 4:56pm Business
The U.S. could soon end restrictions on oil exports put in place in the mid-1970s. The lifting of the embargo is part of a spending deal expected to be pushed through the House and Senate by the end of the week. Here are the reasons why the ban was in… Read story
December 15, 2015, 4:39pm Business
About 500 comments on the proposed Vancouver oil-by-rail terminal have been received so far, the Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council learned at its meeting Tuesday afternoon. Read story
December 15, 2015, 6:05am Business
With or without an oil-by-rail terminal at the Port of Vancouver, oil train traffic is increasing in Clark County. Read story
December 14, 2015, 5:23pm Business
A Washington, D.C., think tank wants Vancouver Energy — the partnership that wants to build an oil transfer terminal at the Port of Vancouver — to “publicly correct” what it says is a misrepresentation that appears in a widely distributed mailer promoting the oil terminal project. Read story
December 11, 2015, 1:46pm Business
PORTLAND, Maine -- A settlement fund for victims of the Canadian oil train disaster that killed 47 people remains on track, and payments to settle wrongful death claims will be delivered next month, a U.S. bankruptcy trustee said. Read story
