Climate Change
Supreme Court Backs a Controversial Railroad in Utah for Carrying Oil
The 8-0 decision overturned an appellate court’s ruling in favor of the Surface Transportation Board’s approval of the train line, supporting “agency choices so long as they fall within a broad zone of reasonableness.”
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in favor of a controversial Utah railway project that critics say erodes the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), a bedrock of environmental law for the past half century.
Supreme Court Backs a Controversial Railroad in Utah for Carrying Oil