It appears U.S. Supreme Court justices are poised to limit the scope of the nation's premier environmental protection law in deciding the case of a proposed 88-mile railroad to haul oil from an oilfield in Utah through Colorado, legal experts…

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Supreme Court justices could limit the scope of environmental protection laws in Uinta Basin oil railway case ruling

The state of Utah has come up with its share of boondoggles over the years, but one of the more enduring is the Uinta Basin Railway. The proposed 88-mile rail line would link the oil fields of the remote Uinta Basin region of eastern Utah to national rail lines so that up to 350,000 barrels of waxy crude oil could be transported to refineries on the Gulf Coast. The railway would allow oil companies to quadruple production in the basin and would …

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How a fantasy oil train may help the Supreme Court gut a major environmental law

This story was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The state of Utah has come up with its share of boondoggles over the years, but one of the more enduring is the Uinta Basin Railway. The proposed 88-mile rail line would link the oil fields of the remote Uinta Basin region of eastern Utah to national rail lines so that up to 350,000 barrels of waxy crude oil could be transported …

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This story was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The state of Utah has come up with its share of boondoggles over the years, but one of the more enduring is the Uinta Basin Railway. The proposed 88-mile rail line would link the oil fields of the remote Uinta Basin region of eastern Utah to national rail lines so that up to 350,000 barrels of waxy crude oil could be transported …

Supreme Court justices could limit the scope of environmental protection laws in Uinta Basin oil railway case ruling

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