June 16, 2015, 12:00am Business
Three environmental groups are asking Clark County Superior Court Judge David Gregerson to reconsider an earlier ruling and to wipe out the Port of Vancouver's lease for an oil terminal in light of "evidence of much more extensive" violations of Washington's open public meetings law. In their newly revised lawsuit… Read story
June 15, 2015, 12:00am Business
A 37 percent rebound in oil prices will boost crude-by-rail shipments as drillers complete more wells and extract more crude that U.S. pipelines don't have the capacity to handle, BNSF Railway Executive Chairman Matthew K. Rose said Monday. Read story
June 10, 2015, 12:00am Business
After months of public criticism over approving a lease for an oil terminal, the Port of Vancouver's leaders on Tuesday showed a new sensitivity to barbs directed at the port by its critics. Read story
June 9, 2015, 12:00am Nation & World
PORTLAND, Maine — The compensation fund for victims of a fiery oil train derailment that claimed 47 lives in a small town in Quebec has grown to $345 million with a contribution from the company that owned the shipment. Read story
June 9, 2015, 12:00am Northwest
SEATTLE -- Six activists protesting Shell's plans to drill for oil in the Arctic Ocean were arrested Tuesday, five who blocked entrances to the Seattle port where the company's massive rig is parked and another who disrupted a port commission meeting. Read story
June 9, 2015, 12:00am Business
Six of seven candidates for Port of Vancouver commissioner weighed in on Monday on everything from a proposed oil transfer terminal and the contract that underpins it to public transparency and accountability in the port's approach to making decisions. Read story
June 8, 2015, 12:00am Business
A new oil refinery is the last thing you might expect Washington Gov. Jay Inslee's administration to be courting. After all, Inslee has developed a national reputation as a champion of curbing the use of fossil fuels. Read story
June 2, 2015, 12:00am Business
A local environmental group and one of its members have sued the Port of Vancouver, alleging it's violating the state's public records law by redacting parts of a lease it signed with two companies for what would be the nation's largest rail-to-marine oil transfer terminal. Read story
May 29, 2015, 12:00am Business
WASHINGTON -- The nation's gasoline supply likely will have more ethanol in coming years -- but not as much as was required by federal law. Read story
May 29, 2015, 12:00am Northwest
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- As Royal Dutch Shell PLC seeks permits for exploratory oil drilling off Alaska's northwest coast, a federal agency has concluded the company underestimated risk the last time it moved drill rigs to Arctic waters. Read story
