RAILWAY LINE APPROVED - The U.S. Forest Service has approved the controversial Uinta Basin railway line, opening up energy exports from eastern Utah to other parts of the country much easier.
The agency approved a line through the Ashley National Forest to connect the region to other national rail lines.
"The rationale for this decision is that proposed project activities and facilities related to construction on NFS [National Forest Service] lands can be constructed and operated with minimal adverse impacts of concern to environmental resources and with minimal conflicts with LRMP [Land Resource Management Planning] standards and guidelines," the agency said in its decision.
— President J. Stuart Adams July 14, 2022 But the rail line has faced controversy . Conservation groups have repeatedly objected to the rail line and its impacts on the environment. The Center for Biological Diversity has ongoing litigation on it, as is Eagle Co., Colo. "The fight to stop this terrible environmentally damaging project is not over as the special use authorization hasn’t been issued yet," Deeda Seed, the public lands senior campaigner for the Center for Biological Diversity, said in a text message to FOX 13 News.
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