The Legislature responded to the growing, alarming sight of oil trains passing through major population centers, taking time off from end-of-session partisan bickering Friday to pass the Oil Transportation Safety Act. The carbon economy arrives:   A coal train passes an oil train after tanker cars derailed in Magnolia last July.  Oil trains are increasingly used to carry Bakken crude oil from North Dakota to refineries on northern Puget Sound..

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    Puget Sound Energy customers will now be paying more for natural gas and electrical service, as a new rate increase took effect Wednesday.
    05/1/2024 - 2:43 pm | View Link
  • Washington’s border waters are on the cusp of a major rise in oil tanker traffic
    A significant increase in oil tanker traffic is in store for the Salish Sea with the completion of the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion in British Columbia.
    04/29/2024 - 10:27 am | View Link
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