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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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Sierra Club, environmental groups petition EPA to ban natural gas for home heating
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More than two dozen environmental organizations petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency to ban the use of natural gas for home heating nationwide, arguing the federal agency must regulate “deadly pollution from heating appliances.” The petition, sponsored by the Sierra Club, claims fossil fuel-fired home furnaces, water heaters, clothes dryers and stoves emit enough nitrogen dioxide…
