Voices: Why Our Group of Utah Physicians Sued to Stop the Uinta Basin Railway

Voices: Why our group of Utah physicians sued to stop the Uinta Basin Railway

In the winters of 2012 and 2013, researchers from the University of Colorado measured VOCs (chemicals like benzene, ethyl benzene, xylene and toluene) over the Uinta Basin and made a frightening discovery: Levels of these chemicals were 200 times background levels, as much as would be expected from the emissions of 100 million cars, about the same number as all the cars registered in the United States.

US Supreme Court sparks backlash after ruling in favor of controversial railroad project: 'Endangers local communities'

The U.S. Supreme Court delivered a blow to environmentalists, siding with a railroad expansion in Utah to help transport crude oil. As the Guardian reported, the court ruled unanimously in favor of the railroad, deciding that the original lower court based its ruling to stop the railroad on an environmental impact assessment that was too limited in scope. What's happening? According to The Salt Lake Tribune, the expansion of the Uinta Basin Rail…

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Supreme Court puts Utah’s oil train back on the rails — Lisa Song (High Country News)

The proposed Uinta Basin Railway could traverse through part of the Ashley National Forest in Utah, seen from above.Ken Lund / CC via Flickr Click the link to read the article on the High Country News website (Lisa Song): June 4, 2025 This article was originally published by Inside Climate News. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in favor of a controversial Utah railway project that critics say erodes the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA),…

Supreme Court ruling on Utah oil railway could reshape future NEPA challenges

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled unanimously to lift a stay on construction of the Uinta Basin Railway—a proposed 88-mile rail line that would carry up to 350,000 barrels of oil per day from northeastern Utah to Gulf Coast refineries. Utah officials and the Seven County Infrastructure Coalition—backers of the project—say the railway will improve...