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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Nina Lakhani in New York

New Utah oil railroad by Colorado River raises health and climate fears

Lake Powell, an artificial reservoir on the Colorado River in Utah.
Lake Powell, an artificial reservoir on the Colorado River in Utah. Photograph: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Developers are seeking billions of dollars in tax breaks for a new oil railroad in Utah that will threaten the Colorado River and be a risk to the health and safety of millions of Americans while damaging Joe Biden’s climate credentials, campaigners say.

The 88-mile proposed Uinta railway is forecast to quadruple crude oil production in the Uinta Basin by connecting it to the national rail network and coastal refineries.

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