Supporters and opponents of the Vancouver Energy oil terminal drew their battle lines Monday morning in opening statements before the Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council.
Cause: FRA’s preliminary investigation determined the Union Pacific derailment was caused by broken lag bolts leading to wide track gauge.
Federal and state regulators will inspect the rail line in the Columbia River Gorge following an oil train derailment and fire near Mosier.
The Tesoro Anacortes Refinery’s proposed Clean Products Upgrade Project is reviving an old debate about the environment and the economy.
On June 6, Gateway Pacific Terminal’s owners received news their application for an aquatic land lease from the Washington State Department of Natural Resources had been denied by state Commissioner of Public Lands Peter Goldmark.
Officials estimate that 42,000 gallons of crude oil escaped from four rail cars, with 10,000 gallons removed from the wastewater system.
Most of the cars from a Union Pacific train carrying crude oil that derailed and burst into flames in Oregon on Friday have been removed and the remaining oil will be hauled away on flatbed trucks, a spokesman for the company said on Sunday.
For every refinery worker who lives on Fidalgo Island, an additional job on the island is created, according to a recently released Western Washington University study.
Criminal charges were filed against 52 people who walked onto BNSF Railway tracks that lead to two Anacortes oil refineries and stayed there for about two days.
A Union Pacific train carrying crude oil derailed and caught fire along Oregon's scenic Columbia River gorge on Friday, forcing the closure of an interstate highway and the evacuation of a school.