Vancouver Energy Raps Governor Over Oil Terminal Rejection

The company proposing to build the nation’s largest crude-by-rail terminal at the Port of Vancouver said they are disappointed with Gov. Jay Inslee’s decision to reject their proposal and are evaluating options for next steps. In a statement released Tuesday morning, Vancouver Energy said Inslee endorsed a “faulty recommendation” by the Washington Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council and that the state body that evaluated the terminal proposal for four years, is “setting an impossible standard for permitting new energy facilities in the state.” In November, EFSEC took the highly unusual move to unanimously recommend the governor deny the project.