Tag: Suncor
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Fire at Suncor’s Commerce City refinery extinguished quickly
A fire at Suncor’s Commerce City refinery was quickly extinguished by company emergency response teams Tuesday, according to company officials. The fire occurred during a shutdown of Plant 2 that began Saturday and is now being completed, according to a news release. Emergency teams extinguished the fire within 10 minutes, according to a spokesperson for…
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Court rules for Suncor in EPA case
The federal appeals court based in Denver has overturned a 2019 decision of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that refused to grant Suncor Energy’s Commerce City Refinery an exemption to a key environmental law. Although the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit cautioned the EPA could find, upon further review, that Suncor still…
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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…
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Suncor’s Commerce City refinery responds to water pollution complaints
The Suncor refinery in Commerce City responded to charges that “toxic levels” of PFAS chemicals were found in Sand Creek, adjacent to and downstream of the refinery. “There is no doubt that Colorado has a big PFAS problem,” said Caitlin Miller, an attorney with Earthjustice, an environmental nonprofit organization. “Our study shows that Suncor is a significant…