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Five activists who joined forces in an attempt to stop oil and coal trains from traveling through the Northwest have been convicted of criminal…
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A year ago Friday, an oil train from North Dakota derailed under Seattle’s busy Magnolia Bridge during the height of the morning commute.No one was hurt…
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It's been nearly a year since a train derailed under a busy Seattle bridge, tipping three oil tanker cars off the tracks in Magnolia during the morning…
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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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In 2011, there was no crude oil transported by train in Washington. Two years later, 700 million gallons of crude came through the state.Concern over…
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Highly volatile Bakken crude oil poses a serious threat to the safety of communities located along rail lines. Just since February, there have been four…
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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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An overflowing crowd turned out to testify in Skagit County Thursday on plans to add an oil-train facility to Shell’s refinery in Anacortes.The company…
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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…