July 24, 2014, 12:00am Latest News
SEATTLE -- Three tanker cars in an oil train from North Dakota derailed at a rail yard in Seattle early Thursday, but BNSF Railway says none of the oil spilled. Read story
July 23, 2014, 12:00am Business
WASHINGTON -- Thousands of older rail tank cars that carry crude oil would be phased out within two years under regulations proposed Wednesday in response to a series of fiery train crashes over the past year, including a runaway oil train that exploded in the Quebec town of Lac-Megantic, killing… Read story
July 22, 2014, 12:00am Business
An attorney for the nonprofit Clark County Natural Resources Council today raised several concerns about how the Port of Vancouver decided to approve a lease for a proposed oil transfer terminal. Read story
July 19, 2014, 12:00am Clark County News
The Columbia River Gorge Commission this week raised a host of concerns about the transport of coal and oil by rail through the Gorge. Read story
July 15, 2014, 12:00am Business
Approval of a narrow land-use consistency matter does not mean Tesoro Corp. and Savage Companies will be allowed to handle as much as 380,000 barrels of crude per day at the Port of Vancouver, according to the state Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council. Read story
July 15, 2014, 12:00am Business
SEATTLE -- Two environmental groups are asking the U.S. Department of Transportation to immediately ban shipments of volatile crude oil in older railroad tank cars, citing recent explosive oil train wrecks and the department's own findings that those accidents pose an "imminent hazard." Read story
July 13, 2014, 12:00am Business
With promises of economic development in tow, Westway Group LLC, Imperium Renewables and U.S. Development Group LLC want to build three oil-by-rail terminals on Grays Harbor that would all together bring more than 175,000 barrels of crude oil per day into the region. Read story
July 9, 2014, 12:00am Business
Opponents of a proposal to build the Northwest's largest oil-by-rail facility at the Port of Vancouver on Tuesday pressed their safety concerns and peppered commissioners with questions in light of the one-year anniversary of the deadly oil-train explosion in Lac-Megantic, Quebec. Read story
July 8, 2014, 12:00am Business
SEATTLE -- The latest disclosure from BNSF Railway shows a drop in the number of volatile oil train shipments that moved through Washington state in a single week. Read story
July 4, 2014, 12:00am Business
PORTLAND -- When Oregon officials at last released oil train routing information after a monthlong public records battle, they still decided to redact some information. But officials in Washington had no such qualms. Read story
