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Black smoke billowed high into the sky above Interstate 84 Friday afternoon after 11 oil train cars derailed near Mosier, Oregon. At least one of the…
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Washington’s rail safety regulator says there are about 3,000 rail crossings in the state that inspectors have never looked at. That's because they're on…
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The coast has generally been considered the area of the Northwest most at risk for a catastrophic oil spill. But the rise in oil moving through the region…
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BNSF Railway said Friday it will comply with Saturday's federal deadline to provide states with information about the frequency and routes of oil trains…
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Environmental regulators in Washington state are expecting a lively crowd Thursday in the coastal city of Hoquiam.The public gets a chance there to weigh…
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Powerful members of the Washington state Senate are on board with a plan to tax crude oil shipped into the state by rail. The money raised would pay for…
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In Olympia, state lawmakers are going down divergent tracks in how to respond to the rapid increase of crude oil trains crossing the region.Four recent…
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The biggest railroad in the Northwest forcefully defended the safety of oil trains Wednesday.It happened at a meeting in Seattle of environmental…
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A fuel terminal developer has unexpectedly scrapped a project at the Port of Tacoma that was intended to receive crude oil by rail.Shipping crude from oil…
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Many of the same groups that oppose coal exports from the Northwest are lining up against a new foe: crude oil trains and the associated marine…