Tag: Voc
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Environmental groups sues Colorado over permit to burn petroleum fumes
A state permit for a tanker truck repair center to burn off vapors from tanks they work on is being challenged in court by environmental activists. The Center for Biological Diversity and North Range Concerned Citizens filed the suit in Adams County District Court in Brighton Friday claiming allowing Polar Service Center to flare vapors…
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Pollution-producing oil storage tank site shut down by state regulators
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save An oil storage tank installation in Larimer County was ordered shut down Thursday by state air pollution regulators after what it says are repeated failures to control leakage of noxious vapors from the site that residential neighbors say are both annoying and harmful to their…
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Lawsuit filed over air pollution permits for Colorado’s largest underground coal mine
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Five environmental groups filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against the state’s air pollution control agencies, claiming the West Elk coal mine near Paonia has been operating without proper state and federal emissions permits since September 2021. The complaint alleges the agencies have failed to grant or…
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High summertime ozone levels in Denver metro could mean higher gasoline cost
High summertime levels of ozone in Denver metro and the North Front Range may soon trigger higher costs for gasoline and other products and more restrictions on emissions of ozone-creating precursor compounds from industries, according to a new draft report from the metropolitan’s air quality planning agency. A hike in gasoline prices to pay for…