Commentary: CIB should fund communities, not a dirty energy railroad

Brian Maffly | The Salt Lake Tribune The Green River Terminal in Wellington this year began trans-loading oil from trucks to rail cars, opening a new path for Uinta Basin crude to reach out-of-state markets. But environmentalists are concerned about what they see as a lack of regulatory oversight for this and two other new oil terminals in Carbon County. Once again, the pro-industry men’s club known as the Seven County Infrastructure Coalition (SCIC) is planning to use millions of public dollars to bankroll private energy interests.

Last time, the SCIC wanted $53 million for an export terminal in California to move Utah coal. Now it wants — and has been conditionally granted — $27.9 million…