US EditionSupreme Court Overturns Block on Utah Railroad Project
- The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled on May 30, 2025, to allow the 88-mile Uinta Basin Railway project in Utah to proceed after reversing a lower court block.
- The decision followed legal challenges claiming the required environmental impact statement failed to analyze effects from increased oil drilling and refining linked to the railway.
- Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote that the Surface Transportation Board properly considered the project's direct environmental effects, and courts must defer to regulators on relevant factors.
- The Court’s 36-page opinion stated, "We reverse," calling the ruling a "course correction of sorts" to restore common sense to judicial review under the National Environmental Policy Act.
- This ruling restores momentum for the multibillion-dollar railway linking Utah’s oil fields to national markets and suggests future development could advance despite potential legal hurdles.
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Supreme Court Approves Oil Railroad Project, Scaling Back Environmental Rules
The Supreme Court backed a multibillion-dollar oil railroad expansion in Utah Thursday in a ruling that scales back the use of a key environmental law and could accelerate development projects around the country. The 8-0 decision comes after an appeal to the high court from backers of the project, which is aimed at quadrupling oil production in the remote area of sandstone and sagebrush. Environmental groups said the decision would have sweeping…
SCOTUS Frees Agencies from Considering Indirect Environmental Impacts in Utah Railroad Case
The United States Supreme Court unanimously ruled in favor of an oil railroad expansion in Utah Thursday in a decision impacting the practical application of a central piece of environmental legislation. In light of the Court’s ruling, federal agencies will not be required to consider secondary environmental impacts when deciding whether or not allow a [...] The post SCOTUS Frees Agencies from Considering Indirect Environmental Impacts in Utah R…
Supreme Court Backs a Controversial Railroad in Utah for Carrying Oil - Inside Climate News
The 8-0 decision overturned an appellate court’s ruling in favor of the Surface Transportation Board’s approval of the train line, supporting “agency choices so long as they fall within a broad zone of reasonableness.”
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Reed Smith LLP Applauds U.S. Supreme Court Decision Supporting the Uinta Basin Railway
MIAMI, May 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Reed Smith LLP, counsel to DHIP Group, today applauds the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County regarding the Uinta Basin Railway project ("UBRH").
Oil Wins Big as Supreme Court Greenlights Utah Rail Line
The U.S. Supreme Court has given the green light to Utah’s Uinta Basin Railway project, backing a narrower interpretation of environmental review laws and potentially clearing the path for a major expansion in oil transport capacity.
U.S. Supreme Court ruling supports Seven County Infrastructure Coalition's initiative - The Richfield Reaper
Kylee Boyter In a landmark decision issued today, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the federal environmental review of the Uinta Basin Railway, restoring critical momentum to one of the most significant infrastructure projects in the country. “This decision affirms the years of work and collaboration that have gone into making the Uinta Basin Railway a reality,” said Keith Heaton, Director of the Seven County Infrastructure Coalition, the project’s…
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