Tag: Refinery
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Environmentalists file lawsuit against Suncor refinery claiming government inaction on pollution
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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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Suncor to reopen part of refinery
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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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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…