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The Brazilian Supreme Court Makes Way for the ‘Grain Train’

Environmental and Indigenous activists say the railway, if it proceeds, will unleash an explosion of carbon and further imperil the world’s biggest and most climate-critical rainforest.

By Georgina Gustin

The construction site of a high-speed rail viaduct near Highway 43 south of Corcoran, Calif. Credit: Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images/Grist

Billions Spent, Miles To Go: The Story of California’s Failure To Build High-Speed Rail

By Benton Graham, Grist

Supreme Court Backs a Controversial Railroad in Utah for Carrying Oil

By Lisa Sorg

Norfolk Southern Rail Bridges in Western Pennsylvania in Disrepair, Study Warns

By Kiley Bense

Midwest Floods, Widespread Heat Waves Are Undermining U.S. Transportation Systems

By Kiley Price

A Norfolk Southern freight train. Credit: Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images

Lawmakers Urge Biden Administration to Permanently Ban Rail Shipments of Liquefied Natural Gas

By Jon Hurdle

Climate Change Poses a Huge Threat to Railroads. Environmental Engineers Have Ideas for How to Combat That

By Leah Campbell

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