The Surface Transportation Board (STB), short one member at four and evenly divided between Republicans and Democrats, on ...

The Surface Transportation Board (STB), short one member at four and evenly divided between Republicans and Democrats, on ...

WASHINGTON – Evergy is seeking more than $22.2 million in damages from BNSF Railway for what the utility claims is the ...

WASHINGTON — Union Pacific has asked the Surface Transportation Board to disallow some of the material Metra included in its ...

By removing this poison from the regulatory well, the Supreme Court has begun to clear the path to tackling our most pressing energy and environmental challenges.

A decision issued late last week by the Washington, D.C.-based Surface Transportation Board (STB), an independent adjudicatory and economic-regulatory agency charged by Congress with resolving ...

The federal Surface Transportation Board approved the rail line in 2021, after a lengthy environmental review of the potential effects on air pollution, wetlands, wildlife, and more.

The growing unrest among railroaders is taking place amid renewed speculation in financial circles over massive cross-country ...

In 2020, the Seven County Infrastructure Coalition applied to the U.S. Surface Transportation Board for approval of the railroad’s construction. Under NEPA, ...

Therefore, in the case of the Surface Transportation Board, which has expertise in transportation, it would not be required to consider the effects of oil drilling and refining.

The Supreme Court has backed a multibillion-dollar oil railroad expansion in Utah. In their 8-0 decision, the justices endorsed a limited interpretation of a key environmental law.