Stop the Uinta Basin Railway

Stop the Uinta Basin Railway

AN OIL TRAIN, AN ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER, A BOONDOGGLE. The proposed Uinta Basin Railway is designed to carry oil from Utah to distant refineries and markets. The project would drag the region’s economy deeper into an unhealthy dependence on fossil fuel extraction. The...
Transportation board kills plan for trains to return to Colorado’s dormant Tennessee Pass

Trains could carry crude oil through Browns Canyon

Surface Transportation Board accepting comments through Jan. 28. The Rio Grande Pacific railroad has announced that it will lease Union Pacific’s Tennessee Pass rail line from Eagle to Parkdale, near the Royal Gorge. According to a press release, Colorado...
Wins and losses for conservation in defense bill compromise

Wins and losses for conservation in defense bill compromise

The 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) contains both victories and disappointments on the environmental front. A number of important conservation measures affecting public lands in Washington, Colorado, Arizona and California were stripped from the final...