March 2, 2015, 12:00am Business
Proposed oil-by-rail facilities and refinery expansions in Washington would be enough to bring nearly 20 oil trains rolling into the state every day by 2020, according to a report by the state Department of Ecology. Read story
February 28, 2015, 12:00am Business
The number of parties opposed to or concerned about a plan to build the nation's largest rail-to-marine oil transfer terminal in Vancouver piled up Friday, as initial preparations for the project's judicial trial took further shape. Read story
February 24, 2015, 12:00am Latest News
SEATTLE -- A Skagit County hearing examiner handed conservation groups a victory Monday, ruling that an oil-by-rail project at the Shell Puget Sound Refinery near Anacortes should undergo a full environmental review. Read story
February 24, 2015, 12:00am Latest News
It will start with a whisper, not a bang. Read story
February 24, 2015, 12:00am Nation & World
TORONTO -- A fiery oil train derailment in Ontario this month suggests new safety requirements for tank cars carrying flammable liquids are inadequate, Canada's transport safety board announced Monday. Read story
February 24, 2015, 12:00am Business
BILLINGS, Mont. -- The federal government predicts that trains hauling crude oil or ethanol will derail an average of 10 times a year over the next two decades, causing more than $4 billion in damage and possibly killing hundreds of people if an accident happens in a densely populated part… Read story
February 23, 2015, 12:00am Latest News
BOOMER, W.Va. -- A full-scale federal investigation of an oil train derailment in southern West Virginia has begun as work continues to remove the overturned tank cars from the site, federal officials said Sunday. Read story
February 22, 2015, 12:00am Nation & World
Oil-train records held by the Texas Department of Public Safety are not exempt from state open records law, the state attorney general ruled last week, and must be released in full to news organizations. Read story
February 22, 2015, 12:00am Business
The timeline for the opening of a new rail-to-marine oil-transfer terminal in Vancouver keeps getting pushed back, but investors in Tesoro Corp., the publicly traded part of a joint venture proposing the facility, don't seem overly concerned. In fact, some believe if the project were to fall through completely, Tesoro's… Read story
February 19, 2015, 12:00am Latest News
MOUNT CARBON, W.Va. -- A federal official says speed doesn't appear to be a factor in an oil train derailment in southern West Virginia. Read story
