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Public comment sought on oil terminal permit

July 20, 2017, 5:59am Clark County News

The public comment period for the proposed Vancouver Energy oil terminal Industrial Stormwater Permit began Wednesday. Read story

Judy Boepple, from left, her daughter and City Administrator Dawn Marquardt chat with Nana Lil’s Cafe owner Lillian Hoffman. Hoffman started the popular diner right before the oil boom took off.

North Dakota towns flex with oil

Judy Boepple, from left, her daughter and City Administrator Dawn Marquardt chat with Nana Lil’s Cafe owner Lillian Hoffman. Hoffman started the popular diner right before the oil boom took off.

July 16, 2017, 5:32am Business

Dawn Marquardt strolled into the gleaming new Aquatics and Wellness Center here, spoils of the oil boom in North Dakota. Read story

Oil-trains measure likely headed for Spokane ballot

July 13, 2017, 9:16am Northwest

A proposed citizens’ initiative that would fine certain coal and crude oil rail shipments through downtown Spokane will likely go before city voters in November. Read story

FILE--In this June 3, 2016, file image, from video provided by KGW-TV, smoke billows from a Union Pacific train that derailed near Mosier, Ore., in the scenic Columbia River Gorge. Oregon lawmakers sent legislation requiring railroads to develop safety plans for oil spills back to a legislative committee Friday, June 30, 2017, because of concerns about concessions to the rail industry.

Oregon oil train bill sent back to committee after criticism

FILE--In this June 3, 2016, file image, from video provided by KGW-TV, smoke billows from a Union Pacific train that derailed near Mosier, Ore., in the scenic Columbia River Gorge. Oregon lawmakers sent legislation requiring railroads to develop safety plans for oil spills back to a legislative committee Friday, June 30, 2017, because of concerns about concessions to the rail industry.

June 30, 2017, 5:02pm Business

State lawmakers sent a proposed oil train safety bill back for more work Friday after growing concerns that an amendment favoring the railroad industry had watered down key provisions on public oversight and financial accountability. Read story

Judge orders Sunoco pipeline protesters off own property

June 30, 2017, 10:02am Nation & World

A judge has ordered a Pennsylvania family to vacate some of its property that was seized by company that wants to lay a $2.5 billion pipeline across it. Read story

A train hauling oil passes through the Gorge on its way to Vancouver in 2014.

EFSEC gives itself another extension on terminal project

A train hauling oil passes through the Gorge on its way to Vancouver in 2014.

June 29, 2017, 7:58pm Business

The proverbial light at the end of the tunnel that is the Vancouver Energy oil terminal evaluation process keeps slipping further and further away. Read story

Board: Pipeline security company operated without license

June 28, 2017, 9:28am Nation & World

North Dakota regulators are suing a North Carolina-based private security firm hired by the developer of the disputed Dakota Access oil pipeline, alleging it operated in the state without a license and has continued doing so since being denied one. Read story

Erin Murdock wears a button indicating she is opposed to the building of an oil transfer terminal, at the first public hearing on the matter in Vancouver January 5, 2016. The state Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council, the state regulatory body that is reviewing the project, called the hearing.

Seattle City Council calls for state to deny oil, methanol terminal permits

Erin Murdock wears a button indicating she is opposed to the building of an oil transfer terminal, at the first public hearing on the matter in Vancouver January 5, 2016. The state Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council, the state regulatory body that is reviewing the project, called the hearing.

June 16, 2017, 10:52am Business

In a unanimous vote, the Seattle City Council this week called on state agencies to deny permits for the Vancouver Energy oil terminal along with all other “new fossil fuel infrastructure projects” within the state. Read story

Chase Iron Eyes, an attorney and American Indian activist on the Standing Rock Reservation, is seen in Fort Yates, N.D. Iron Eyes, accused of inciting a riot during protests against the Dakota Access oil pipeline, says he has no qualms about taking the case to trial, even though he could face more than five years in prison if convicted. Trial has been scheduled early next year in North Dakota. He pleaded not guilty in March to the felony charge and also misdemeanor criminal trespass.

Activist prepared to take pipeline protest case to trial

Chase Iron Eyes, an attorney and American Indian activist on the Standing Rock Reservation, is seen in Fort Yates, N.D. Iron Eyes, accused of inciting a riot during protests against the Dakota Access oil pipeline, says he has no qualms about taking the case to trial, even though he could face more than five years in prison if convicted. Trial has been scheduled early next year in North Dakota. He pleaded not guilty in March to the felony charge and also misdemeanor criminal trespass.

June 13, 2017, 1:30pm Nation & World

An American Indian activist and former U.S. congressional candidate accused of inciting a riot during protests against the Dakota Access oil pipeline says he has no qualms about taking the case to trial, even though he could face more than five years in prison if convicted. Read story

Port of Vancouver Commission President Jerry Oliver instructs participants before the start of public comments during the reopening of the discussion and vote on a proposed oil terminal lease Oct. 22 in Vancouver.

State court: Vancouver port meetings should have been public

Port of Vancouver Commission President Jerry Oliver instructs participants before the start of public comments during the reopening of the discussion and vote on a proposed oil terminal lease Oct. 22 in Vancouver.

June 8, 2017, 11:50am Business

The Washington State Supreme Court found the Port of Vancouver discussed too much behind closed doors when it considered a lease for the proposed Vancouver Energy oil terminal in 2013. Read story