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Candidates in Adams County rake in thousands
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Candidates in Adams County, Commerce City, Thornton and Northglenn secured thousands in the final weeks of this year’s election season. Here are their latest campaign finance report. Commerce City The Commerce City City Council has nine members with four seats up for election in November, including Ward I, Ward III and two at-large positions. Ward…
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Air pollution emissions spike from Suncor’s Commerce City refinery detected
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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 Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. The monitoring station, operated by Boulder A.I.R, detected a peak level of 491 parts per billion, far above…
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Suncor to reopen part of refinery
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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 several days to reopen Plant 2, which is one of…
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Suncor released potentially unhealthy levels of benzene into Sand Creek after December fire
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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 caused by extreme cold weather and for maintenance. Subsequent water…
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Water district plans for new filtration system to eliminate ‘forever’ chemicals, follow EPA advisory
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The South Adams County Water and Sanitation District plans to build a new filtration system to catch “forever chemicals” that may be undetectable, even as the district noted that the Environmental Protection Agency has “moved the goalposts.” The district said it hired a leading environmental and construction services firm, Brown and Caldwell, to design a new…
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Environmental groups sues Colorado over permit to burn petroleum fumes
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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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Judge orders sanctions against lawyer for continued ‘frivolous’ litigation against Commerce City
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A federal judge has ordered new monetary sanctions against a lawyer with a history of professional disciplinary infractions, finding she pursued a meritless lawsuit against Commerce City for over two years in an alleged police misconduct case. Jean Pirzadeh, a lawyer at the Colorado Christian Defense Counsel, first filed suit in Adams County in August 2020,…
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EPA abused discretion by denying Suncor Colorado refineries exemption from clean air law, court says
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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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Colorado revokes Adams 14’s accreditation, orders reorganization
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The State Board of Education on Tuesday ordered Adams County School District 14 to begin a reorganization process that could lead to a dissolution, annexation or consolidation. The board voted 4-3 in favor of reorganization following the district’s presentation of its three-year turnaround plan. The vote also pulled the district’s accreditation for the second time. Adams…
