August 2, 2014, 12:00am Business
The state panel reviewing a proposed oil transfer terminal in Vancouver issued an order Friday confirming that the site where it would be built is appropriately zoned for such a purpose. Read story
July 28, 2014, 12:00am Business
A surge in oil trains hauling North Dakota's energy bonanza is interfering with grain shipments to Pacific Northwest ports, prompting fears of a chronic crisis in which railcars carrying fossil fuels crowd out other products and disrupt exports. Read story
July 26, 2014, 12:00am Business
Two environmental groups on Friday filed an appeal seeking to overturn a lower court's decision that the Port of Vancouver complied with state environmental laws when it approved a lease for the Northwest's largest oil transfer terminal. Read story
July 25, 2014, 12:00am Business
A statewide rail safety report released today identifies gaps in the resources Oregon needs needs to prevent and respond to an oil train derailment. Read story
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 18, 2014, 12:00am Business
BILLINGS, Mont. -- U.S. coal industry efforts to tap into the growing export market are struggling to gain traction, as bureaucratic hurdles and resistance from environmentalists slow proposed mines in the Northern Plains, ports on the West Coast and now a coal-dedicated railroad in Montana. Read story
July 17, 2014, 12:00am Business
A handful of local lawmakers recently received a deposit in their campaign bank account from Tesoro Corp., the company that would like to build the Northwest's largest oil-by-rail terminal in Vancouver. Read story
