June 2, 2014, 5:00pm Business
Close to 700 people attended a Vancouver City Council meeting Monday, and a majority of speakers urged councilors to fight an oil-handling facility at the Port of Vancouver. Read story
May 27, 2014, 5:00pm Clark County News
Anticipating a large crowd, the city has moved a public hearing on a resolution opposing an oil transfer terminal to a larger venue and earlier time. Read story
May 18, 2014, 5:00pm Business
The Vancouver City Council appears poised to make a bold statement by opposing not only what would be the Northwest's largest oil transfer terminal, but also any proposals that would result in an increase of Bakken crude oil being hauled through Clark County. Read story
May 18, 2014, 5:00pm Business
BELLINGHAM — Oil and coal trains are among the issues on the agenda for Tuesday's meeting of the state Transportation Commission in Bellingham. Read story
May 17, 2014, 5:00pm Northwest
As crude oil shipments have proliferated and raised safety concerns across the country, railroads have refused to acknowledge their routes and frequencies, details that anyone patient enough to stand trackside could learn. Read story
May 15, 2014, 5:00pm Business
A resolution under consideration by the Vancouver City Council urges decision-makers to reject a proposal to build the Northwest's largest oil-handling facility at the Port of Vancouver. Read story
May 10, 2014, 5:00pm Latest News
PORTLAND (AP) -- Trains moved almost 500 million gallons of crude oil along Oregon waterways last year, but no state law requires railroad companies to plan for oil spills or contribute to a regional database that tracks caches of emergency response equipment. Read story
May 7, 2014, 5:00pm Latest News
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Department of Transportation on Wednesday announced steps to improve the safety of shipping crude oil by rail, but unlike its Canadian counterpart, it is taking a voluntary approach to the phase-out of older tank cars long known to be vulnerable in derailments. Read story
May 5, 2014, 5:00pm Business
The Vancouver City Council will vote June 16 on two resolutions: One to oppose plans for what would be the Northwest's largest oil-handling facility at the Port of Vancouver, and one to formally intervene in the state Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council process. Read story
May 3, 2014, 5:00pm Latest News
PORTLAND (AP) -- Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber is calling on the federal government to move faster to make trains transporting crude oil throughout the state safer in the wake of the Virginia oil train crash. Read story
