Environment Pipeline expansion proposal in B.C. has Washington groups worried, too Ships awaiting the call to load up at Vancouver's Westridge Terminal. by Floyd McKay / December 11, 2014
Environment Guest Opinion: Dirty fuel exports darken NW's Earth Day A refinery on Fidalgo Island near Anacortes (2008). by Fred Felleman / March 30, 2015
Environment Tiny particles delay study of coal port proposal BNSF diesels pulling coal trains near Bow, Washington, headed for Canada. by Floyd McKay / March 19, 2015
Politics The Northwest's coming clashes over fossil fuel exports Empty coal cars flank Bakken Oil tankers at the Port of Everett. Existing train traffic for both oil and coal could grow. by Floyd McKay / December 9, 2015
Tech Meet 'The Funnel': Will farmers, businesses suffer from more coal and oil trains? Loaded and empty coal trains meet near the Powder River Basin in Wyoming. by Floyd McKay / February 19, 2014
Politics Longview coal port gets part of what it wants Ambre Energy has proposed a coal port for this Longview site along the Columbia River. by Floyd McKay / February 12, 2014
Environment Coal and oil: A mix to fuel NW fears Oil trains move through new rail trackage at Everett. The four tracks were built last summer. by Floyd McKay / January 28, 2014
Equity Thanksgiving: Is there still a place at the table for the Middle Class? A caged turkey: formidable. by Floyd McKay / November 27, 2013
Politics Coal export plan suffers setback in Oregon Ambre's Port of Morrow project (right) has been rejected, creating doubt about its project at the Port of St. Helens farther down the Columbia. by Floyd McKay / August 18, 2014
Tech Trains boot Washington fruit crops to carry more coal, oil Cold Train has stopped its service carrying agricultural goods from the Port of Quincy to the Midwest and East Coast. by Floyd McKay / August 7, 2014