Tag: Suncor
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Colorado justices mull lawsuit over fossil fuel producers’ liability for alleged local climate change harms
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Members of the Colorado Supreme Court considered on Tuesday whether to permit Boulder County and the city of Boulder to seek damages against two oil and gas producers for the harms they allegedly caused over multiple decades by concealing and misrepresenting the dangers of climate…
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Environmentalists file lawsuit against Suncor refinery claiming government inaction on pollution
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A group of environmental organizations has filed a lawsuit against the Suncor refinery in Commerce City under a provision of the federal Clean Air Act allowing citizens to seek a court ruling requiring a polluter to comply with the CAA if the EPA and state…
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Suncor to pay $10.5 million for air quality violations at Commerce City refinery
Suncor Energy settled a lawsuit with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment for $10.5 million in fines and mandated improvements at its Commerce City refinery for a series of air pollution emissions events from 2019 to 2021. The settlement is the largest in Colorado history for air pollution violations. In a news release,…
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Environmental groups angered by new rule on industrial emissions.
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save An emissions reduction rule for large industries approved by state air pollution regulators has environmental groups castigating the rule for weakening pollution control and ignoring the Environmental Justice Act. The Colorado Air Quality Control Commission made significant concessions to 18 industries including the Molson Coors…
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EPA sends Suncor air pollution permit back to the drawing board
A final air pollution permit issued to the Suncor refinery in Commerce City by state officials that was approved by the Environmental Protection Agency has been sent back to the drawing board by the EPA for a second time. In Feb. 2022, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment sent a long-delayed air pollution…
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EPA report finds Suncor refinery having more air pollution incidents compared to other refineries
The Environmental Protection Agency released a report Friday on Suncor’s Commerce City refinery showing it has more air pollution incidents than 11 other refineries of similar size and output. In the report, the EPA said the Suncor refinery “may experience more air quality incidents because of inadequacies in preventative maintenance, testing and inspection of liquid…
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Suncor malfunction released excessive air pollutants, health agency reports
A malfunction at the Suncor Refinery in Commerce City resulted in “significant” air pollution Saturday, the state health agency announced, with elevated levels of air pollutants that can impact health expected to last throughout the day. The state health department’s Air Pollution Control Division found levels of sulfur dioxide and hydrogen sulfide in excess of…
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Denver mayor’s race: Johnston and Brough clash at Denver Foundation forum
Kelly Brough and Mike Johnston disagreed over how Denver can combat climate change and fix it’s maligned permitting department during one of the first mayoral forums of the runoff season on Monday evening. They were not allowed rebuttals but managed to set themselves apart early — something experts told the Denver Gazette they’d need to…
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U.S. Supreme Court declines to review local pollution lawsuit against Suncor, Exxon
Colorado environmentalists suing two oil companies over the effects of global climate change won a procedural victory before the U.S. Supreme Court Monday. The oil companies, Suncor and Exxon Mobil, had asked that the case be heard in federal court, but the Supreme Court’s rejection of their appeal means that the case will now be…
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Air pollution emissions spike from Suncor’s Commerce City refinery detected
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to add a response from Suncor received Friday. A large spike in levels of sulfur dioxide emitted from Suncor’s Commerce City refinery was detected by air monitoring equipment north of the refinery at 5:18 a.m. Wednesday, according to…