Bakken crude oil

Costs of Train Derailment Along Columbia River Adding Up
Costs of Train Derailment Along Columbia River Adding Up
VANCOUVER (AP) — Six months after a train hauling Bakken crude oil derailed along the Columbia River Gorge, state and other officials are still tabulating a bill to send to Union Pacific Railroad. Union Pacific said in a statement that it is committed to absorbing all the costs incurred as a result of the fiery crash on June 3 in Mosier, Oregon...
Inslee Wants Increased Inspections on Oil Transport Lines
Inslee Wants Increased Inspections on Oil Transport Lines
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Gov. Jay Inslee wants federal regulators to issue an emergency order requiring safety inspectors to physically walk the rail lines in the hours before Bakken crude oil is transported. In a letter to the railroad administration's chief, Inslee called current federal inspection standards "insufficient to protect our communities from the imminent threat of fires, spills, an