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BLM accused of fast-tracking oil facility expansion in Utah as backdoor way of upping production
A Union Pacific oil train near the Grand Mesa just outside of Grand Junction (David O. Williams photo). A proposal to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to expand the…
Senate hears debate on CORE Act, Dolores River bill as Bennet, Hickenlooper seek protections
A view of the Dolores River in Colorado. (Bob Wick/BLM/Public domain 1.0) Two bills that would establish or expand protections for nearly half a million acres of public lands across…
Down the Line: A by-the-numbers look at just how much proposed Utah oil trains would impact Colorado railroads
Oil tanker cars on a train using the Union Pacific tracks along the Colorado River near Cameo in western Colorado (Chase Woodruff/Colorado Newsline photo). This much is clear: The Uinta…
Colorado, other states start pushing for energy efficiency to reduce emissions from buildings
PORTLAND, Ore. — That building looming on the corner? With a few tweaks, it might help with climate change. States with big commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions are beginning…
Down the Line: Uinta Basin oil trains would quadruple hazardous rail shipments through city of Denver
A freight train derailed at the Suncor Energy refinery in Commerce City on June 16, 2023. (Chase Woodruff/Colorado Newsline) COAL CREEK, Colo. — As trains heading east from the Moffat…
Down the Line: Colorado River headwaters ground zero for inevitable train derailments, oil spills in local streams
An aerial view of the aftermath of the train derailment and chemical fire in East Palestine, Ohio, in February 2023. (National Transportation Safety Board) At 88 miles long, with a…
Down the Line: A hard look at how oil train spills would impact canyons of the Colorado River
Passengers on Amtrak’s California Zephyr sit in the sightseer lounge on June 5, 2023. (Chase Woodruff/Colorado Newsline) BURNS, Colo. — Beneath the limestone cliffs, the trunk of a lone, dead…
Down the Line: Difference between God and the railroad? ‘God might answer your prayers’
A flare stack burns at a natural gas facility in Garfield County on May 16, 2023. (Chase Woodruff/Colorado Newsline) DE BEQUE, Colo. — As they head east out of the…
Boebert’s brutal month of June comes to a close with Frisch on attack over abortion, missed vote
Boebert with a backdrop of guns during a Zoom committee meeting in 2021. U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert has had a busy month of racking up headlines for what her constant…
Down the Line: Utah oil train route would retrace Colorado railroad history through Grand Valley
A coal train crosses the Colorado-Utah border on May 15, 2023. (Chase Woodruff/Colorado Newsline) GRAND VALLEY, Colo. — Five miles due south of the point where Interstate 70 crosses the…