September 24, 2014, 5:00pm Nation & World
NEW ORLEANS -- BP wanted its money back -- hundreds of millions of dollars of it -- but a federal judge said Wednesday that the oil giant must stick by its agreement with the companies it compensated for business losses due to the 2010 Gulf oil spill. Read story
September 22, 2014, 5:00pm Northwest
EVERETT -- Long trains usually hauling coal or oil have been parked for hours on a spur near the Port of Everett, blocking what has been easy access to Pigeon Creek Beach. Read story
September 18, 2014, 5:00pm Business
The companies seeking to build the Northwest's largest oil-by-rail terminal at the Port of Vancouver have thrown a counterpunch at the developer who argues the terminal will severely curtail his plan to construct a $1.3 billion commercial/residential redevelopment of the city's waterfront. Read story
September 17, 2014, 5:00pm Business
A market analysis commissioned by Tesoro Corp. and Savage Companies says a plan to redevelop Vancouver's waterfront "is not viable as conceived," which makes arguments that the companies' proposed oil-by-rail terminal will negatively impact it "irrelevant." Read story
September 17, 2014, 5:00pm Business
State investment boards in Washington and Oregon are "bankrolling" oil, coal and gas infrastructure, a new analysis asserts, despite public calls by those states' governors to shift to renewables to fight global climate change. Read story
September 15, 2014, 5:00pm Business
SEATTLE -- With increasing numbers of trains carrying volatile crude oil through Seattle's "antiquated" downtown rail tunnel, city emergency planners say more must be done to lower the risk of an oil train accident and improve the city's ability to respond. Read story
September 14, 2014, 5:00pm Business
Port of Camas-Washougal commissioners on Tuesday will discuss whether to make a statement about the movement of oil by rail in Clark County and Washington state. Read story
September 11, 2014, 5:00pm Business
MOUNT VERNON -- Several environmental groups are appealing a decision by Skagit County officials that they say will allow a proposal for an oil-train facility at an Anacortes refinery to move forward without a serious review of the risks. Read story
September 11, 2014, 5:00pm Clark County News
The Vancouver City Council on Thursday unanimously passed an emergency six-month moratorium on new or expanded facilities that would accept crude oil. Read story
September 10, 2014, 5:00pm Business
The Vancouver City Council will vote at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 11, on an emergency six-month moratorium "on applications for new or expanded crude oil facilities" at a special meeting at City Hall. Read story
