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As Utah’s inland port inks more cargo deals, opponents plead for transparency

Officials insist train-to-truck transfers will cut down on pollution, but critics aren’t buying it.

(Ed Kosmicki | Special to The Tribune) Event organizer Deeda Seed decries the state's plan of an inland port at a news conference near a recently completed Amazon fufillment center Thursday, June 10, 2021. In the background is one of many huge distribution center under construction in the area. About three dozen people attended the conference listening to five speakers depsite gusty winds that elimated a banner the group hoped to display.