Tag: Epa
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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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Round two of RTD’s Zero Fare for Better Air program to lower ozone in the summer kicks off
Later this month. the RTD’s Zero Fare for Better Air program is set to launch its second year of helping to lower harmful ozone in the Metro Denver North Front Range Non-attainment Region. Media and the public are invited to an event at Union Station starting at 10 a.m. June 22 on the commuter rail…
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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…
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EPA unveils ‘strongest-ever’ emission standards for cars and trucks
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Biden administration on Wednesday announced the most aggressive emissions standards yet for new cars and trucks through 2032, a key part of the federal government’s goals to reduce air pollution and advance electrification of America’s vehicle fleets. EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan and White…
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EPA announces strict new emission standards for cars and trucks
An ambitious proposal to reduce air pollution and advance electrification of America’s vehicle fleets was announced today by EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan and White House National Climate Advisor Ali Zaidi. The plan would impose the “strongest-ever pollution standards” for cars and trucks. The proposed standards are intended to improve air quality for communities across…
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Environmental justice enforcement plan released by EPA, CDPHE
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save An environmental justice enforcement collaboration plan between Colorado and the EPA was released Thursday. The plan explains how the agencies will collaborate through enforcement and compliance to reduce pollution in communities overburdened by environmental and public health impacts, according to a news release from the…
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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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Sierra Club, environmental groups petition EPA to ban natural gas for home heating
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save More than two dozen environmental organizations petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency to ban the use of natural gas for home heating nationwide, arguing the federal agency must regulate “deadly pollution from heating appliances.” The petition, sponsored by the Sierra Club, claims fossil fuel-fired home furnaces,…
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PFAS water contamination everywhere, but Colorado Springs-area treatment plants gaining ground
Manmade chemicals brought to the marketplace last century after World War II to make life better with products such as nonstick cookware and water-repellent shoes have made life in this century more worrisome. The Security-Widefield area of El Paso County in 2016 became ground zero for drinking-water contamination of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, a group…
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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…