The U.S. Supreme Court appeared open to diminishing the scope of how federal agencies consider environmental impacts Tuesday in a case centered on a proposed oil railway in northeastern Utah.

WASHINGTON— The U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that it will consider part of an appellate court decision tossing out the U.S. Surface Transportation Board’s permit for the proposed Uinta Basin Railway ...

Map of the Uinta Basin in eastern Utah, methanols observational sites, and oil/gas wells. Observational sites include Horsepool (HPL), Castlepeak (CSP), and Fruitland (FRU). The grayscale is the ...