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 … Read more
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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 … Read more

Possible Tar Sands Spill Fouls Colorado Creek, Threatens Wildlife and Drinking Water
Authorities are investigating an oily muckĀ 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 … Read more