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Polis pushes for passenger rail while testing hydrogen locomotive in Pueblo
Gov. Jared Polis in the cab of a hydrogen-powered train on the test track at the Transportation Technology Center in Pueblo on Tuesday, Sept. 19 (Chase Woodruff/Colorado Newsline photo). “We’re…
Bennet, Neguse urge BLM director to slow down Utah expansion of oil transport facility
Colorado U.S. Sen Michael Bennet and U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse, instrumental last month in at least temporarily derailing a massive expansion of Utah oil trains through Colorado, are now taking aim…
Citing nearly $450,000 in legal fees, Eagle County looks to state in any future oil train fight
Two trains on Amtrak’s California Zephyr line pass each other east of Glenwood Springs on Sept. 2, 2021 (Chase Woodruff/Colorado Newsline). While Eagle County officials and environmentalists have been high-fiving…
U.S. Court of Appeals vacates federal approval of Uinta Basin Railway project
A Union Pacific oil train traveling along the Colorado River (Chase Woodruff/Colorado Newsline). Eagle County and a coalition of environmental groups on Friday won a legal challenge that at least…
‘Poster child for climate change,’ Glenwood Springs ramps up opposition to Utah oil trains
A train stuck in the mud in Glenwood Springs this past spring due to rapid snowmelt and a mudslide (City of Glenwood Springs photo). Elected officials in Glenwood Springs are…
Union Pacific chief safety officer tells Colorado lawmakers railroad has not run a hazard analysis of Uinta Basin oil trains
A train of mostly empty oil tank cars derailed outside Suncor Energy’s oil refinery in Commerce City on June 16, 2023. (Chase Woodruff Colorado Newsline) The Union Pacific railroad’s top…
Opinion: Time to hit the brakes on Utah’s Uinta Basin oil trains heading toward Colorado River
So much harm would result from the Uinta Basin Railway, but there’s still a chance to block its construction, and it’s not a stretch to say that lives could depend…
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…
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…