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      Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg delivers remarks to the press

      Buttigieg Urged to Block Federal Funding for 'Carbon Bomb' Railway Along Colorado River

      "The project could result in as many as five, two-mile-long crude-oil trains running over 100 miles directly alongside the headwaters of the Colorado River each day," Colorado Democrats warned.

      Jake Johnson
      Mar 10, 2023

      With the toxic train derailment in eastern Ohio still in the national spotlight, Democratic members of Colorado's congressional delegation are imploring U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to do everything he can to head off another potential railway disaster—one that could impact a river that supplies drinking water to 40 million Americans.

      In a letter to Buttiegieg on Thursday, Sens. Michael Bennet, John Hickenlooper, and Rep. Joe Neguse warned the secretary against approving a key federal funding mechanism for the Uinta Basin Railway, a project that aims to connect eastern Utah's oil-rich Uinta Basin with the national rail system in order to massively expand fossil fuel production in the region.

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      Supporters of transgender youth held a protest in St. Paul, Minnesota on March 6, 2022.​

      GOP Utah Gov. Signs Ban on 'Lifesaving Medical Care' for Trans Youth

      "It undermines the health and well-being of adolescents, limits the options of doctors, patients, and parents, and violates the constitutional rights of these families," said the ACLU of Utah's executive director.

      Jessica Corbett
      Jan 28, 2023

      Defying the guidance of the nation's leading medical organizations, Republican Utah Gov. Spencer Cox on Saturday signed into law a bill banning gender-affirming care for minors in the state.

      Passed by the Utah House of Representatives on Thursday and the state Senate on Friday, S.B. 16 prohibits gender-affirming surgeries for trans youth and bars hormonal treatment for new patients who were not diagnosed with gender dysphoria before the bill's effective date, May 3.

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      A participant holds a sign supporting transgender rights at a march

      Utah GOP Excludes Cisgender Teen Breast Implants From Gender-Affirming Care Ban

      "This is not about protecting kids," said one advocate. "It's about policing transness."

      Julia Conley
      Jan 20, 2023

      A Democrat's proposed amendment to one of the latest anti-transgender rights bills exposed that Republicans' efforts to prohibit LGBTQ+ minors from accessing gender-affirming healthcare "is not about protecting kids," one advocate said Thursday.

      In Utah on Wednesday, state Senate Minority Leader Luz Escamilla (D-1) proposed an amendment to Senate Bill 16, which would ban gender-affirming surgeries for minors and place a moratorium on medical professionals providing puberty blockers, citing concerns about equal opportunity protections.

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