November 24, 2014, 12:00am Business
By any measure, the size of the proposed oil terminal at the Port of Vancouver is eye-catching. Read story
November 23, 2014, 12:00am Business
OLYMPIA -- The number of oil trains running across Washington is unacceptable, and the Legislature will consider bills in the upcoming session that mandate advance notification of oil shipments by rail as well as more funding for railroad crossings and emergency response training, Gov. Jay Inslee said Friday. Read story
November 22, 2014, 12:00am Business
The latest group to go public with its opposition to new oil terminals in Washington is a diverse group including firefighters, physicians and neighborhood association leaders. Read story
November 21, 2014, 12:00am Business
The Washington State Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council today voted unanimously, with one abstention, to launch hearings over whether it should assume control over the fate of the proposed Westway and Imperium oil-by-rail projects. Read story
November 19, 2014, 12:00am Business
The Port of Vancouver will head into 2015 anticipating higher operating revenue from a new initiative: a lease deal to move agricultural products from North Dakota to Vancouver on rail cars that would otherwise run empty. Meanwhile, the port will take no increase in its property tax as part of… Read story
November 18, 2014, 12:00am Business
The two companies proposing an oil-by-rail terminal at the Port of Vancouver have blanketed Clark County with about 136,000 mailers touting the project's positive economic impacts, including $2 billion in "added economic value" and more than 1,000 jobs annually. Read story
November 14, 2014, 12:00am Business
NEW YORK -- Deepwater drilling rigs are sitting idle. Fracking plans are being scaled back. Enormous new projects to squeeze oil out of the tar sands of Canada are being shelved. Read story
November 9, 2014, 12:00am Business
The Port of Vancouver, already facing one lawsuit accusing it of violating Washington's open public meetings law, has left the public in the dark more than once in landing one of the largest financial deals in its history, an investigation by The Columbian has found. Read story
November 5, 2014, 12:00am Business
LONDON -- Oil prices slumped to multi-year lows on Tuesday after Saudi Arabia cut the price of oil sold to the U.S., a move that is shaking an already volatile market but will likely give the world economy an unexpected stimulus. Read story
November 4, 2014, 12:00am Business
WASHINGTON -- Evidence is growing that fracking for oil and gas is causing earthquakes that shake the heartland. Read story
