Inslee denies oil terminal permit
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Environmental groups won yet another victory in the fight against proposed oil export terminals after Washington Gov. Jay Inslee rejected its permit.
Unless developer Tesoro …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Environmental groups won yet another victory in the fight against proposed oil export terminals after Washington Gov. Jay Inslee rejected its permit.
Unless developer Tesoro …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Pending government approvals, BNSF Railway plans to move forward with a second bridge across Lake Pend Oreille.
Company officials announced this week that design and …
By Cate Huisman
Reader Contributor
A year ago in these pages, I wrote about a hearing in Spokane at which hundreds of inland Northwest residents protested the proposed construction of …
By Cate Huisman
Reader Contributor
Last week, I attended a hearing in Spokane of Washington State’s Energy Facility Site Evaluation Committee (EFSEC). Their topic was the proposed Tesoro-Savage Vancouver Energy …
By Susan Drumheller
Reader Contributor
One of the biggest concessions made in passing the recent the national omnibus budget bill was an agreement to lift an export ban on domestically …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Aging infrastructure could be putting rail shipping lines at risk for hazardous spills, according to a new study.
Out of 250 railway bridges examined in …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Last week, local volunteer and concerned citizen Dave Pietz traveled to Washington, D.C. so that he could meet face to face with U.S. Sen. Jim …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
A little preparation goes a long way if the worst should happen. And for Sandpoint, “the worst” isn’t a huge exaggeration when it comes …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
At about 1 a.m. on July 6, 2013, a train carrying Bakken crude oil exploded in the town of Lac-Mégantic, Quebec. Minutes later, the town …
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