Why do groups worry new inland port will harm Great Salt Lake refuge?
Environmental groups disagree on the potential impact of the inland port system, arguing that it increases truck and rail traffic.
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Environmental groups disagree on the potential impact of the inland port system, arguing that it increases truck and rail traffic.
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Center for Biological Diversity: WASHINGTON— A federal appeals court today rejected the U.S. Surface Transportation Board’s permit for the proposed Uinta Basin Railway, designed to quadruple oil production in Utah’s Uinta Basin and move crude through the Colorado Rockies to Gulf Coast refineries.
Dozens of people protested at the Utah State Capitol on Thursday, calling on state leaders to abandon plans for an inland port project near a sensitive part of the Great Salt Lake.
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