Gladwyn d’Souza<p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Kleptocracy</span></a>&#39;s golden handshake invested in <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/bipartisan" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>bipartisan</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/carbonbombs" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>carbonbombs</span></a>: As <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>climatechange</span></a> jeopardizes the American West’s tenuous <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>water</span></a> supplies, the Utah project — which already received federal <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/permitting" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>permitting</span></a> approval — is audacious. It aims to run <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/trains" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>trains</span></a> full of <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/petroleum" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>petroleum</span></a> from Northeast Utah’s Uinta Basin along the banks of the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ColoradoRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ColoradoRiver</span></a> as it winds through treacherous canyons prone to <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/rockslides" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>rockslides</span></a> and mudslides.</p><p><a href="https://www.levernews.com/biden-admin-boosts-big-oils-colorado-river-scheme/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">levernews.com/biden-admin-boos</span><span class="invisible">ts-big-oils-colorado-river-scheme/</span></a></p>