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Crews Report Progress in Stopping Spill at Colorado Tar Sands Refinery
While they’re still working to pinpoint the source, workers have made progress in keeping an oil spill north of Denverfrom getting any worse: Federal officials say a trench dug to block toxic chemicals from seeping from a refinery into a… Read more >
As Colorado Oil Spill Cleanup Efforts Continue, Cancer-Causing Benzene Found
We’re learning more about an oily substance found in the Sand Creek north of Denver, CO. Investigators say it may have leaked from an underground pipeline: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency clean-up coordinators today said the black goo leaking from the… Read more >
Possible Tar Sands Spill Fouls Colorado Creek, Threatens Wildlife and Drinking Water
Authorities are investigating an oily muck found in a creek north of Denver near the Suncor Energy tar sands refinery in Commerce City: Environmental Protection Agency officials say small dams erected on a bank overnight appear to be containing an oily… Read more >
