Tag: Suncor
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Boulder lawsuit against ‘big oil’ appealed to U.S. Supreme Court
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A Colorado lawsuit claiming oil companies owe Boulder and San Miguel counties reparations for past and future climate-related damage awaits a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court on whether it will take up the case … again. Last week the U.S. Solicitor General, at the…
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Commerce City air pollution sources widespread, not just from Suncor refinery
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A year-long Commerce City air pollution study by Cultivando, a non-profit Hispanic health organization, returned some surprising information about the sources of pollution in the area surrounding the Suncor oil refinery located there and thought by residents to be the chief source of pollutants. The…
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Suncor to reopen part of refinery
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Suncor Energy has begun repair and restart work on one of three plants at the company’s refinery in Commerce City and expects to have it back up and running sometime next week. A Suncor spokesperson told the Denver Gazette’s news partner 9NEWS it will take…
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Suncor released potentially unhealthy levels of benzene into Sand Creek after December fire
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Suncor released potentially unhealthy levels of benzene into Sand Creek after a December refinery fire, according to the Colorado Department of Health and Environment. After the two fires that injured two employees at Suncor’s Commerce City refinery, the company shut down the plant for repairs…
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Polis reverses 2019 approach, fights looming expensive gasoline mandate on metro Denver
In a reversal of his approach to federal ozone determinations three years ago, Gov. Jared Polis is poised to ask the Environmental Protection Agency to not rush into imposing a more expensive blend of gasoline to help reduce ozone, calling it “problematic” and a frustrating “decades-old, one-size-fits-all” prescription to improving air quality. “The Administration has…
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Refinery owner Suncor fires back at critics over water pollution claims
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Suncor’s Commerce City oil refinery was accused in March of discharging “large amounts of toxic PFAS” chemicals into Sand Creek, a tributary of the South Platte River, according to Earthjustice, a nonprofit environmental law organization. The organization released a study by Westwater Hydrology of Wheat…