Tag: Suncor
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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…
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Boulder lawsuit against ‘big oil’ appealed to U.S. Supreme Court
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 invitation of the Court in October, filed a brief opining…
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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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Vapor release from Suncor refinery in Commerce City triggers alarm Tuesday
A release of an unknown vapor during maintenance of equipment at the Suncor Energy Commerce City refinery triggered the sounding of a plant-wide alarm Tuesday, according to a warning notice sent to area residents. Response by Suncor operations personnel was also triggered as part of Suncor’s emergency response protocols. All personnel were accounted for and…
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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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Shutdown of Suncor refinery doesn’t cool criticisms, even as motorists brace for sharp fuel hike
A complete shutdown of Suncor’s Commerce City refinery for repairs after two fires and damage from extreme weather hasn’t mollified activists, who argue that the public health remains compromised and the plant should be permanently closed. Located in an industrial area on Brighton Boulevard, some 3 miles north of downtown Denver, Suncor said its refinery…
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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…