Businesses of all kinds have, in recent decades, struggled under ever-more onerous environmental review requirements. These requirements can cost millions and take years before even a shovelful of dirt is turned.
That may be changing, thanks to a Supreme Court decision released Thursday.
In a win for business interests that chafe at burdensome environmental studies, the Supreme Court on Thursday gave a boost to a planned 88-mile railroad project that would transport crude oil in Utah.
The court ruled in favor of an alliance of local counties that support the project, called the Seven County Infrastructure Coalition, concluding that the federal environmental review process did not have to consider potential broader, indirect impacts.
Part of the argument against the expedited review process came from Eagle County, Colorado. That county’s lawyers argued that the…
