The Latest On: Refineries
Emma Cheuse, Attorney, Washington, D.C., Office, Earthjustice: “It’s hard to have any confidence with industry changes to its own estimated emission numbers.”
Rebecca Curry, Colorado Policy Advocate, Rocky Mountain Office, Earthjustice: “More monitoring is good monitoring, and I hope that Suncor is proceeding with this community monitoring program in good faith and that this will be a positive step.”
Rebecca Curry, Colorado Policy Advocate, Rocky Mountain Office, Earthjustice: “There are currently no requirements that facilities measure toxic air emissions in real time. Critically, this means that we lack the data to understand when there are spikes in toxic pollution when it occurs.”
Marie Logan, Attorney, California Regional Office, Earthjustice: “Residents in Richmond are squeezed between multiple industrial sites and they breathe dirtier air than the rest of the Bay Area. Too many families living on the front lines in Richmond are unfairly and unjustly burdened by environmental hazards and pollution.”
