The Supreme Court appeared poised Tuesday to significantly weaken the scope of environmental reviews of major infrastructure projects in a case that could hand President-elect Donald Trump an early win on an issue he often hammered on during his first term.

The Supreme Court appeared likely Tuesday to somewhat narrow the scope of environmental reviews required for major infrastructure projects nationwide as it weighed the construction of a Utah rail line that would carry billions of gallons of oil.

The Supreme Court justices will weigh the fate of an 88-mile railroad project that would transport crude oil in Utah as they consider a dispute over whether federal officials conducted a stringent enough environmental review before approving it.

The U.S. Supreme Court is set on Tuesday to examine the extent to which federal agencies must review the environmental impact of projects they regulate in a dispute over a proposed railway in Utah that was challenged by environmental groups and a Colorado county.

The Supreme Court appears likely to weaken one of the nation’s bedrock environmental laws, after justices heard a key case on Tuesday. During oral arguments, several of the court’s conservative

The Supreme Court seemed to favor a Utah oil railroad expansion in arguments on Tuesday, but appeared more skeptical of putting strict new limits on a key national environmental law. The justices were weighing a multibillion-dollar project that could quadruple oil production in the remote area of sandstone and sagebrush.

The U.S. Supreme Court appeared inclined on Tuesday to limit the extent to which federal agencies must review the environmental impact of projects they regulate in a dispute over a proposed railway in Utah meant to carry crude oil that was challenged by environmental groups and a Colorado county.

With thousands of pages of briefs filed and two hours of oral argument completed on Tuesday, Chief Justice John Roberts of the U.S. Supreme Court declared the case known as Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v.