Suncor gets new permit, new orders on air pollution
Colorado air quality regulators Thursday issued a renewed operating permit for two of Suncor’s three refining plants, touting a series of new orders for training, control equipment and real-time...
View ArticleResearchers are surveilling land, air and space to hunt down one Colorado...
Colorado’s battle with toxic ozone and damaging greenhouse gases will send new waves of scouts on the ground, in the air and up in space over the next two weeks, drawing on top U.S. scientists to...
View ArticleSuncor again accused of violating multiple pollution laws despite record...
The EPA and state regulators on Monday hit Suncor with another round of pollution violation notices for the past two years, despite a $10.5 million settlement for similar 2021 transgressions that...
View ArticleEPA lets Colorado off the hook again in air pollution open records,...
The Environmental Protection Agency is letting Colorado air pollution officials off the hook for making records available to members of the public who might want to help police corporate rule...
View ArticleGasoline company suddenly withdraws expansion plan for tanks across from...
A gasoline distributor late Thursday canceled its unpopular proposal for a major tank farm expansion across from a Commerce City elementary school in a neighborhood heavily impacted by air pollution,...
View ArticleColorado violated EPA ozone limits 40 times in summer of 2024
The northern Front Range counties violated EPA ozone standards on 40 days of the 2024 summer air pollution season, Colorado officials said Monday, and their new action recommendations call for more...
View ArticleCommerce City sustainability manager and supporters say she was fired for...
Former Commerce City sustainability manager Rosemarie Russo and her supporters say she was fired by city leaders after community protest notes she forwarded to the Suncor refinery’s Canadian...
View ArticleEPA objects to another Suncor permit, sends back to state
The Environmental Protection Agency Monday found problems with another Colorado-issued permit for Suncor’s refinery operations in Commerce City and ordered revisions. Regional and national EPA offices...
View ArticleColorado identifies its top five toxic air contaminants. Next comes rules to...
Lea este artículo en español. The Colorado Air Quality Control Commission on Friday named five pollutants as priority air toxics, one of the key steps in a multiyear process to ratchet back...
View ArticleSelf-service emissions kiosks coming to the Front Range in 2026
Air quality officials approved revisions to make tackling vehicle emissions on the Front Range more efficient. The revisions change testing requirements for heavy-duty trucks, create stricter...
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