World & Nation
Amtrak and BNSF Railway claim a Missouri company that owned and operated the dump truck involved in the crash was negligent.
June 30, 2022
Business
Billionaire Warren Buffett slashed Berkshire Hathaway’s massive Apple stake in a move that could prove unsettling for the broader stock market.
Aug. 5, 2024
Climate & Environment
The South Coast Air Quality Management District votes to require rail yard owners and operators, including BNSF Railway and Union Pacific Railroad, to aggressively reduce lung-irritating nitrogen-oxide emissions through 2050.
Aug. 2, 2024
Opinion
Southern California’s air remains so dirty because regulators haven’t cleaned up rail yards, ports and soot-spewing diesel trucks, trains and ships that move cargo in and out of the region.
This week’s roundup of climate and environmental news from around the American West.
Aug. 8, 2024
To the editor: Jim Newton’s op-ed article on the recent court decision involving a proposed rail yard at the Port of Los Angeles dismissed the harm from air pollution on the project’s neighbors.
April 28, 2016
California
The board of directors’ support clears the plan for a critical environmental review process after the initial proposal received pushback.
May 17, 2024
Gene Seroka says it’s a ‘generational moment’ for the Port of Los Angeles. What declining China cargo, automation, green shipping lanes and shifting political winds mean for the busiest seaport in the nation.
July 18, 2024
With America’s new oil boom forcing more and more crude onto long trains to make up for inadequate pipeline capacity, Warren Buffett’s BNSF has opened bids to buy 5,000 safer transport cars.
Feb. 21, 2014
The extension of the C Line will go through Torrance, Redondo Beach and Lawndale, but the cities don’t agree on the route.
May 23, 2024