Uinta Basin Railway

The Supreme Court recently heard oral arguments in a case surrounding a proposed rail line in Utah that would carry waxy crude oil through Colorado and across the country. RMCR spoke with a legal scholar to understand how this could impact environmental regulations in the U.S.

The railway would’ve carried waxy crude oil from eastern Utah through Colorado to refineries in the Gulf of Mexico. Part of that route would have used existing tracks along the Colorado River, including through Glenwood Canyon.

Un juez de Washington D.C. desestimó la aprobación por parte de la Junta de Transporte Terrestre de un ferrocarril que habría utilizado las vías existentes a lo largo del río Colorado para transportar crudo ceroso desde la cuenca Uinta de Utah hasta la costa del Golfo.

A D.C. judge has thrown out the Surface Transportation Board’s approval of a railway that would have used existing tracks along the Colorado River to transport waxy crude oil from Utah’s Uinta Basin to the Gulf Coast.

U.S. Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO) and U.S. Representative Joe Neguse (D-CO) have petitioned several federal agencies to pause the project, building on local opposition and lawsuits.