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Gov. Inslee rejects oil terminal

Says risks ‘exceed potential benefits’

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Washington Governor Jay Inslee has rejected a plan to site North America’s largest oil-by-rail terminal at the Port of Vancouver.

In a letter sent Monday to Kathleen Drew, chair of the state’s Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council (EFSEC), Inslee said he agreed with the Council’s findings that the risks of siting the proposed Vancouver Energy Tesoro Savage oil terminal at the Port of Vancouver were greater than any potential benefits.

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