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BNSF Railway and oil refineries in Washington are teaming up to better respond to accidents. The railroad and BP Cherry Point, Phillips 66, Shell Oil…
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A statewide citizens’ committee on pipeline safety has criticized a federal proposal to take additional control of pipeline safety away from the states…
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Legislation that would ensure more safety when oil trains roll through communities is still pending before lawmakers in Olympia. That’s nearly a year and…
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The changing composition of crude oil could have big consequences for the future of the Pacific Northwest economy. That’s one of the key ideas behind a…
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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 because they sit on private…
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The boom in domestic oil production through fracking is posing new risks to Washington’s rails and waterways. The state is taking comments on the initial…
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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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Three tanker cars derailed at a Seattle rail yard early Thursday while carrying oil from North Dakota to a refinery in Anacortes.No one was hurt and none…
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An expansion of the Northwest’s largest oil terminal will be the subject of a public hearing before the Army Corps of Engineers Thursday evening in…
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The rapid increase of trains carrying crude oil across the region has raised alarm bells in the wake of a series of serious accidents. Communities and…