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The Port of Vancouver board of commissioners listen to public testimony before voting on whether or not to cancel the Vancouver Energy oil terminal lease at the Port of Vancouver on Tuesday.

Port commissioners vote 2-1 to extend oil terminal lease

The Port of Vancouver board of commissioners listen to public testimony before voting on whether or not to cancel the Vancouver Energy oil terminal lease at the Port of Vancouver on Tuesday.

March 7, 2017, 6:25pm Business

The Port of Vancouver will continue to lease land to Vancouver Energy for its proposed oil terminal after the agreement was the subject of a passionate and sometimes contentious meeting Tuesday. After five hours of testimony and deliberation, the vote was 2-1. Read story

Alaska underwater pipeline leak may have started in December

March 7, 2017, 1:38pm Business

A pipeline spewing natural gas into Alaska's Cook Inlet may have started leaking in December, two months before the leak was spotted from the air, according to a federal pipeline safety office. Read story

A group protesting the Dakota Access oil pipeline has set up teepees on the National Mall near the Washington Monument in Washington, Tuesday, March 7, 2017. A federal judge declined to temporarily stop construction of the final section of the disputed Dakota Access oil pipeline, clearing the way for oil to flow as soon as next week.

Judge won’t stop construction of Dakota Access pipeline

A group protesting the Dakota Access oil pipeline has set up teepees on the National Mall near the Washington Monument in Washington, Tuesday, March 7, 2017. A federal judge declined to temporarily stop construction of the final section of the disputed Dakota Access oil pipeline, clearing the way for oil to flow as soon as next week.

March 7, 2017, 12:54pm Nation & World

A federal judge declined Tuesday to temporarily stop construction of the final section of the disputed Dakota Access oil pipeline, clearing the way for oil to flow as soon as next week. Read story

U.S., tribal officials want pipeline documents released

March 3, 2017, 10:23am Nation & World

BISMARCK, N.D. -- U.S. and tribal officials are opposing an effort by the developer of the $3.8 billion Dakota Access oil pipeline to keep some information shielded from the public amid a court battle over the project. Read story

Law enforcement and protesters clash near the site of the Dakota Access pipeline near Cannon Ball, N.D., on Nov. 20. Prosecutors have withdrawn a subpoena for Steve Martinez, a pipeline opponent from Williston, N.D., who had been ordered to testify about the violent clash in November.

Grand jury subpoena withdrawn in violent pipeline clash

Law enforcement and protesters clash near the site of the Dakota Access pipeline near Cannon Ball, N.D., on Nov. 20. Prosecutors have withdrawn a subpoena for Steve Martinez, a pipeline opponent from Williston, N.D., who had been ordered to testify about the violent clash in November.

March 2, 2017, 9:14am Nation & World

Prosecutors have withdrawn a subpoena for a man who had been ordered to testify about a violent clash in November between police and people protesting construction of the Dakota Access pipeline in North Dakota. Read story

A section of the Dakota Access pipeline under construction in September near the town of St. Anthony in Morton County, N.D.

Would pipeline threaten terminal at Port of Vancouver?

A section of the Dakota Access pipeline under construction in September near the town of St. Anthony in Morton County, N.D.

February 27, 2017, 6:05am Business

Almost as soon as the Trump administration took office, the future of the Dakota Access pipeline looked certain. Read story

Dakota Access pipeline opponents burn structures in their main protest camp in southern North Dakota near Cannon Ball, N.D., on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017, as authorities prepare to shut down the camp in advance of spring flooding season.

Most oil pipeline opponents leave North Dakota protest camp

Dakota Access pipeline opponents burn structures in their main protest camp in southern North Dakota near Cannon Ball, N.D., on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017, as authorities prepare to shut down the camp in advance of spring flooding season.

February 22, 2017, 3:40pm Nation & World

Most of the Dakota Access pipeline opponents abandoned their protest camp Wednesday ahead of a government deadline to get off the federal land, and authorities moved in to arrest others who defied the order in a final show of dissent. Read story

Russia overtakes Saudi Arabia as top crude oil producer

February 20, 2017, 4:16pm Business

Russia overtook Saudi Arabia as the world’s largest crude producer in December, when both countries started restricting supplies ahead of agreed cuts with other global producers to curb the worst glut in decades. Read story

Opponents of the Dakota Access pipeline protest on an overpass on the Interstate 110 freeway, in response to the Army Corps of Engineers saying it will clear the way for completion of the disputed $3.8 billion project to carry North Dakota oil to Illinois, outside the Army&#039;s offices in Los Angeles on Wednesday. Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners, ETP on Wednesday got final permission from the Army to proceed with a crossing of the Missouri River in southern North Dakota. The tribe fears a pipeline leak could contaminate its drinking water.

Tribe files legal challenge to stall Dakota Access pipeline

Opponents of the Dakota Access pipeline protest on an overpass on the Interstate 110 freeway, in response to the Army Corps of Engineers saying it will clear the way for completion of the disputed $3.8 billion project to carry North Dakota oil to Illinois, outside the Army&#039;s offices in Los Angeles on Wednesday. Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners, ETP on Wednesday got final permission from the Army to proceed with a crossing of the Missouri River in southern North Dakota. The tribe fears a pipeline leak could contaminate its drinking water.

February 9, 2017, 12:40pm Nation & World

Construction of the final segment of the Dakota Access pipeline has begun, and the full system should be operational within three months, the developer of the long-delayed project said Thursday, even as an American Indian tribe filed a legal challenge to block the work and protect its water supply. Read story

A fireball goes up at the site of an oil train derailment in Casselton, N.D., on Dec. 30, 2013. The National Transportation Safety Board is set to release the cause of the 2013 oil train derailment in eastern North Dakota. The accident happened when a train carrying soybeans derailed in front of an oil tanker train near the small town of Casselton. It caused a series of explosions and the evacuation of about 1,400 residents, but no one was hurt.

Defective axle blamed for 2013 fiery North Dakota derailment

A fireball goes up at the site of an oil train derailment in Casselton, N.D., on Dec. 30, 2013. The National Transportation Safety Board is set to release the cause of the 2013 oil train derailment in eastern North Dakota. The accident happened when a train carrying soybeans derailed in front of an oil tanker train near the small town of Casselton. It caused a series of explosions and the evacuation of about 1,400 residents, but no one was hurt.

February 7, 2017, 9:40am Nation & World

A defective axle broke and caused a 2013 train derailment that led to a series of explosions in North Dakota, the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday. Read story