U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes set the next hearing for December 2023 when she'll continue to mull whether to restrict the use of off-road vehicles around the recreation area.
The Utah rail project could result in a daily procession of trains carrying crude oil through sensitive Colorado River watersheds and the Denver metro area.
Some of Colorado’s top Democratic elected officials on Friday issued their most united and forceful call yet to halt a planned Utah railway expansion that would send up to five two-mile-long oil trains per day through sensitive mountain ecosystems.
The Utah Legislature ended its annual session Friday by passing some laws aimed at putting more water into the Great Salt Lake, but some believe it's not enough to keep the lake from disappearing.
Forty million Americans depend on the Colorado River for water, along with 5.5 million acres of land, 22 Native American tribes and nearly two-dozen national parks and preserves.