Stopping pollution from Suncor refinery

Film by Leslie Von Pless

Meet Shaina Oliver, a clean air and Indigenous peoples’ advocate in Colorado. She and other local community members scored a big win in their ongoing battle against pollution from the Suncor oil refinery.

The refinery has been operating without a permit for more than a decade, and has exceeded pollution limits hundreds of times over the past two years. 

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