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‘Fire Weather’ author John Vaillant: What I told Parliament
Invited to testify alongside Suncor’s CEO, the writer pulled no punches about what’s at stake and who’s to blame.
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Suncor fires back at critics of wetland severing plan
Alberta Wilderness Association wants the oil giant’s Fort Hills expansion to be reconsidered, saying there’s no evidence it can mine half the area and leave the other unharmed. Drew Anderson reports forThe Narwhal.
In a nutshell:
At issue are the McClelland Lake peatlands and Suncor's untested plan to split the unmined protected areas and mined areas with a wall - a plan that was actually approved more than 20 years ago but never implemented. The Alberta Wilderness Association, citing flawed data, is requesting reconsideration of the permit. Suncor argues that there are no grounds for reconsideration.
Key quote:
Suncor “submits that the Alberta Energy Regulator should decline to exercise its extraordinary power of reconsideration, and requests that the [regulator] dismiss the Alberta Wilderness Association’s request without further process.”
Big picture:
Oil giant Suncor wields enormous power in fossil-fuel-friendly Alberta, even helping the Canadian government draft climate change strategy. When it comes to permitting, Suncor is well-financed, well-lawyered, and well-connected. The oilsands behemoth routinely brushes off critics and challenges. Could this time be different?
Read the full story in The Narwahl.
Read more about Suncor and the Alberta oilsands:
- Suncor helped write ‘first draft’ of Canadian plan for tackling carbon emissions
- Alberta government dropped net-zero discussion after oil lobbyists intervened
- Oilsands giant Suncor wants to cut a sensitive wetland in two. So far, it has the green light
- ‘When is enough enough?’ Downstream from the Kearl oilsands spill, residents grapple with what comes next
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Suncor fires back at critics of wetland severing plan
Alberta Wilderness Association wants the oil giant’s Fort Hills expansion to be reconsidered, saying there’s no evidence it can mine half the area and leave the other unharmed.
The Suncor shutdown hasn’t led to big spikes in Colorado fuel prices or air pollution — yet
Colorado’s only refinery is offline after fires and malfunctions that started during December’s cold weather.
Colorado set to miss 2024 deadline to reduce ozone pollution
An independent board tasked with improving Colorado’s air quality believes the state will fall short of meeting an Environmental Protection Agency requirement to lower toxic air pollution by 2024, but will be able to reach an older, more lax emissions-reduction target three years later.
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Battle over Suncor oil refinery intensifies as state weighs permit renewal, metro Denver residents demand closure
Metro Denver residents testifying in public hearings demanded closure of the problem-plagued Suncor Energy oil refinery, urging Colorado health officials not to renew the refinery's outdated operating permits that allow air pollution.
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Suncor Energy refinery faces review of outdated permits, plans $300 million push
Suncor’s refinery malfunctioned 108 times over the past five years. That’s an average of about one breakdown every three weeks — visible when putrid yellow grit wafts over Denver.
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