oil trains

VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — Authorities have arrested two people who were among those blocking train tracks in Vancouver, Washington, to oppose oil trains and fossil fuels. Demonstrators blocked BNSF's main rail line Monday to protest a proposed oil terminal at the Port of Vancouver that could handle about 360,000 barrels of oil a day...

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Emergency responders in communities along oil train routes in Washington state will start receiving advance notice of the shipments this fall. The Spokesman-Review reports that terminals, refineries and other facilities that receive crude oil by rail must begin notifying the state Department of Ecology in advance of shipments under a new rule adopted this week...