by SRTC Staff | Feb 24, 2014 | Uncategorized |
As more information becomes available, more concerns are surfacing concerning oil and coal trains. A report released last week estimates that shipping the fuels by rail could bring 82 trains a day through Spokane and Sandpoint in ten years. At the...
by SRTC Staff | Sep 23, 2013 | Uncategorized |
With debate heating up over coal exports and oil shipments, the Sightline Daily blog is analyzing public at-grade rail crossings from Sandpoint, Idaho to Cherry Point, Washington. An article posted late last week takes a look specifically at the impact...
by SRTC Staff | Sep 16, 2013 | Uncategorized |
The coal terminal debate returns to Spokane on Sept. 25, when three government agencies will host a scoping meeting for an environmental impact statement on a proposed coal port at Longview on the Columbia River. Washington State University Tri-Cities has been...
by SRTC Staff | Aug 20, 2013 | Uncategorized |
Spokane made the New York Times yesterday, for our coal train debate. Nothing new here but you may want to check out the article anyway.
by SRTC Staff | Jun 25, 2013 | Uncategorized |
The company that wants to build three proposed coal terminals in Washington and Oregon says coal trains will pass through our state on their way to Canada even if the terminals are not built. Opponents of the terminals say they would bring...