There comes a phase in almost any large-scale, controversial project on public or private land when the questions arise and the lawsuits begin. The proposed Uinta Basin Railway is no different.

Eagle County has filed a second lawsuit seeking to slow the roll of increased oil-train traffic along the Colorado River ...

On June 1, boosters of the Uinta Basin Railway wrote an op-ed to “debunk” criticism of the project. However, an objective look at the facts shows that the railway amounts to little more than a massive ...

In recent weeks, information has been circulating that sorely misrepresents the Uinta Basin Railway, its partners and the future of this economically sound piece of infrastructure. While we understand ...

Darrell Fordham is heartbroken. It took years for the resident of Lehi, Utah, to purchase 20 acres above Utah’s Argyle Canyon and build a cabin for family retreats. “I’ve sunk about $150,000 into that ...

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SALT LAKE CITY — The U.S. Supreme Court has issued a ruling in a lawsuit over the Uinta Basin Railway, limiting the reach of the National Environmental Policy Act. In a unanimous ruling, the justices ...

A federal board erred when it gave approval to a railway project in eastern Utah that could ship billions of gallons of crude oil along the Colorado River, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C.

On plateaus overlooking the Uinta Basin's hills of sandstone and sagebrush, pumpjacks bob their heads as they lift viscous black and yellow oil from the earth that will eventually make everything from ...

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Some Uinta Basin way crude is currently trucked to railheads near Price, Utah, and shipped to Gulf Coast refineries in heated cars, but if the Uinta Basin Railway is approved, the number of heated oil ...