Since the early 2000s, the Uinta Basin oil boom has relied on hubs like the one in Helper to connect wells with rail networks. The Helper site will help speed Uinta Basin crude onto trains bound for Gulf Coast refineries.
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled unanimously to lift a stay on construction of the Uinta Basin Railway—a proposed 88-mile rail line that would carry up to 350,000 barrels of oil per day…
Don’t mess with the National Environmental Policy Act’s public comment provisions. A majority of Grand County Council members sent that message last week to the U.S. Forest Service, urging the agency’s top brass…
