Pumpjacks dip their heads to extract oil in a basin south of Duchesne, Utah on Thursday, July 13, 2023. Uinta Basin Railway, one of the United States’ biggest rail investments in more than a century, ...

A plan to build an 85-mile stretch of new rail line in central Utah was derailed -- at least temporarily -- by federal judges' ruling Friday. The court's rejection of the previously approved proposal ...

The proponents of a planned short-line Utah railroad that would dramatically increase oil-train traffic through Colorado last week filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court seeking a review of ...

A U.S. Appeals Court on Friday struck down a critical approval for a railroad project that would have allowed oil businesses in eastern Utah to significantly expand fossil fuel production and exports.

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WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to consider reviving a critical approval for a railroad project that would carry crude oil and boost fossil fuel production in rural eastern Utah. The ...

SALT LAKE CITY — The U.S. Forest Service on Wednesday withdrew its approval of a right-of-way permit that would have allowed the construction of a railroad project through about 12 miles (19 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DUCHESNE, Utah (AP) — On plateaus ...