Tag: Seven Counties Infrastructure Coalition
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Resistance to Utah oil train railroad racheting up
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg was asked to block up to $2 billion in tax-exempt bonds to finance the construction of an 88-mile-long railway in Utah. Colorado Sens. Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper and Rep. Joe Neguse, along with a group of more than 150 environmental organizations, sent a letter to Buttigieg voicing concerns over the…
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Colorado congressmen cite East Palestine rail disaster to derail Utah rail project
Objecting to a planned new rail line in Utah that would connect to Colorado rail lines, and citing the disastrous Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, Colorado congressmen appealed to the Secretary of Agriculture to stop it — saying the line would harm the environment and endanger Colorado communities. Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Denver,…