Tag: Waxy Crude
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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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Proposed Utah railroad causes consternation in Colorado
Five environmental groups and a Colorado county joined forces to stop the construction of a new rail line in northeastern Utah and oppose federal approval of the line. A lawsuit filed against the federal government seeks to halt the project, claiming the Uinta Basin Railroad will bring potential hazards through Colorado. Eagle County – plus…