The US Supreme Court granted certiorari on Monday in a case that may determine whether the National Environmental Policy Act allows federal agencies to consider climate change and other environmental impacts beyond the immediate scope of a proposed project.
The case, Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, Colo., focuses on the proposed 88-mile Uinta Basin Railway, which would carry oil and other minerals to market from northeast Utah. The Surface Transportation Board’s approval of the rail line was nixed by the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit last year.
The coalition of Utah counties supporting the ...
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