Tag: Environmental Justice Act
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Magellan withdraws storage tank expansion project
A north Denver pipeline company has withdrawn plans to expand operations near Dupont Elementary School in Commerce City. “Magellan Pipeline Company, LP, a ONEOK subsidiary, has withdrawn its air permit application for the proposed five-tank expansion at the company’s Dupont, Colorado, location,” a ONEOK spokesperson said in a statement released Thursday. “The proposed tanks are…
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Environmental groups angered by new rule on industrial emissions.
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 brewery in Golden, beef producer JBS Swift and Leprino Foods…
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Environmental groups sue Colorado air pollution regulators for not going far enough
The Colorado Air Quality Control Commission is being sued for not creating a stringent enough rule for emissions monitoring in disproportionally impacted communities. Earthjustice, which is representing environmental groups GreenLatinos, 350 Colorado, and Earthworks, filed the suit Tuesday. The plaintiffs allege that the rule fails to ensure that residents of communities that have “long borne…