The US Supreme Court agreed on Monday to consider reviving a critical approval for a railroad project that would carry crude oil and boost fossil fuel production in rural eastern Utah.
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Let's see...
😭 what the heck
Yeah, they're trying to extract a bunch of tar, which requires enormous energy inputs to turn into a useful fuel, and which is tough to transport by pipeline.
It really feels like SCOTUS noticed that environmentally-conscious people are advocating for expansion of rail, and will now rule in favour of this project just to spite them.
The bait was real. I knew there was a catch, i just knew it. But I let my guard down anyway.
Oh, the irony of these christofascist lickspittles using the SCOTUS to resurrect dead rulings for big oil payola, when they scream about “activist judges” ruling to preserve laws that preserve some person’s health or wellbeing…
I LOVE when Unelected Lifetime Officials decide to create their OWN Legislation! It's a good thing NONE of these Unelected Lifetime Officials have any Conflicts of Interest!
Yeah there’s no other energy source in rural eastern Utah.
Funny that
See, they get almost no sun there, the poor guys. Thank god there's the oil industry and their
bribedpoliticians pushing their 100% environmentally friendly solutions for their energy that definitely will not be obsolete the minute they are finished!/s if it isn't clear enough
Mmmm.
I'm not as down on SCOTUS as the rest of you, excepting Thomas and Alito. They've either ruled or refused a couple of dozen cases that could be seen as liberal wins. But this one sounds like a slam dunk for the railroad.
Sounds like an agency regulating a thing they don't have authority over. This Court will overrule them in a heartbeat.