March 21, 2015, 12:00am Clark County News
Washougal residents had a little scare Saturday morning when some noticed sparks on a BNSF line and crews spraying foam onto the tracks. Read story
March 21, 2015, 12:00am Nation & World
WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration said Friday it is requiring companies that drill for oil and natural gas on federal lands to disclose chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing, the first major federal regulation of the controversial drilling technique that has sparked an ongoing boom in natural gas production but raised… Read story
March 20, 2015, 12:00am Business
Tacoma -- State regulators said this week that BNSF Railway Company, the largest railroad company operating in Washington, failed to report 14 releases in four months of various hazardous materials, including crude oil, within the 30 minutes required. Two of those releases, on Dec. 9, 2014 and Jan. 12, 2015,… Read story
March 19, 2015, 12:00am Northwest
CLATSKANIE, Ore. -- The owner of an oil train terminal in northwest Oregon has agreed to pay a reduced fine for moving six times more crude oil in 2013 than was allowed. Read story
March 17, 2015, 12:00am Clark County News
Vancouver resident Eric LaBrant told a panel of lawmakers on Monday the home he shares with his two children, Carissa and Phoenix, is a block from the rail yard and less than a mile from two proposed crude-by-rail oil terminals. Read story
March 15, 2015, 12:00am Business
WASHINGTON -- Four trains hauling crude oil have derailed in the U.S. and Canada since mid-February, rupturing tank cars, spilling their contents, polluting waterways and igniting spectacular fires that burned for days. Read story
March 14, 2015, 12:00am Latest News
WASHINGTON -- The Federal Railroad Administration on Friday ordered rail tank car owners to replace defective valves that cause oil to spill from moving trains and never approved for installation on thousands of tank cars. Read story
March 14, 2015, 12:00am Business
NEW YORK -- The price of oil is on yet another ride down as swelling global supplies overwhelm rising but still relatively weak demand. Read story
March 13, 2015, 12:00am Clark County News
Several Clark County leaders have joined a growing coalition of elected officials across the Northwest who say they want to raise awareness about the risks of transporting coal and oil by rail. Read story
March 12, 2015, 12:00am Latest News
WASHINGTON -- The Federal Railroad Administration has issued a violation against a North Dakota loading facility over a leaking oil car in northwest Washington state that initially wasn't reported to state officials for a month. Read story
