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Northwest Colorado looks to reinvent itself as coal economy slowly shuts down
All over the country, communities are reeling from the threat of climate change – particularly the closure of coal mines and coal-burning power plants, as a way to dramatically reduce…
Colorado AG Weiser weighing all options as SCOTUS reviews Utah oil train case
Colorado’s attorney general recently left open the possibility he will take a formal role in a case before the U.S. Supreme Court to help block a proposal that would send…
At geothermal launch in Vail, Polis talks Project 2025, reform for SCOTUS, Uinta Basin oil trains
Project 2025 envisions even more oil drilling like this on BLM land in the Uinta Basin, even though the U.S. just set an all-time oil production record (July 22, 2024,…
U.S. Supreme Court to review Eagle County case that derailed Utah oil train
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday accepted a last-ditch appeal from the backers of a controversial oil-by-rail project in eastern Utah, agreeing to review a lower-court ruling that sided with…
Despite bad air, Utah oil drilling on track for 75% of what railway plan projected
An oil truck on U.S. Route 191 through the Uinta Basin in Utah in February of 2024 — the alternative to building the Uinta Basin Railway project (David O. Williams…
Commissioner candidates weigh in on idea of Tennessee Pass railroad revival
The dormant Tennessee Pass rail line at Sage near the Eagle County Regional Airport with the Gypsum wallboard plant in the background. With no Republican running for the office in…
Roberts: Tennessee Pass Line rail revival hinges on success of Northwest Rail plan
A proposed Denver-to-Craig Northwest Rail passenger line, as state Sen. Dylan Roberts calls it, could have some significant spillover impacts on the local but long-dormant Tennessee Pass Rail line through…
Mountain passenger rail (not to Vail) on fast track following legislative session
An Amtrak California Zephyr train departs Grand Junction on May 16, 2023 (Chase Woodruff/Colorado Newsline). The flurry of funding bills for passenger rail passed during the recently-completed 2024 Colorado legislative…
Train, bus backers boast about ‘Year of Transit’ as Polis signs slew of funding bills
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signs a bill reauthorizing zero-fare transit programs aboard an RTD commuter train on May 16 (Polis office photo). Gov. Jared Polis used a brief whistle-stop tour…
Colorado lawmakers create new rail safety office to study issues, report to legislature
Colorado lawmakers Wednesday, the final day of the state legislative session, created an Office of Rail Safety within the Public Utilities Commission to study and implement state rail regulations in…