U.S. High Court Grants Motion To Divide Argument In Fracking Railway Case

( November 12, 2024, 11:12 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 12 granted the federal government’s motion for divided argument in a case in which petitioners seek reversal of a lower court ruling that held that the Surface Transportation Board (STB) failed to adequately examine the risk of wildfires and the impact on groundwater posed by the construction of a proposed rail line in Utah that would carry products related to hydraulic fracturing to and from the shale formation in the Uinta Basin. However, the Supreme Court denied a motion for divided argument filed by the respondent. The Court did not elaborate on its decision....

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