Meet The Secretive 'Mastermind' Behind Utah's Oil Boom
Production in Utah's oil-rich Uinta Basin is at an all-time high. Texas oilman Jim Finley is credited with opening the floodgates.
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Production in Utah's oil-rich Uinta Basin is at an all-time high. Texas oilman Jim Finley is credited with opening the floodgates.
The Oct. 15 derailment near Pueblo spilled mountains of coal over I-25, collapsed a bridge, and killed a truck driver. This was tragic, but it could have been much worse.
The author uses the recent Pueblo train derailment to raise safety concerns about the proposed Uinta Basin Railway
Its progression through the permitting process could complicate President Joe Biden's standing among environmentally minded voters. As the president addresses heat and climate change on a trip to Utah, Arizona and New Mexico this week, they say the country cannot afford to double down on fossil fuels.
One of the biggest U.S. rail investments in more than a century could be an 88-mile line in Utah that would run through tribal lands and national forest to move