Vogueさんのインスタグラム写真 - (VogueInstagram)「Growing up in Commerce City, Colorado, 21-year-old climate activist Alessandra Chavira remembers always adhering to one specific rule: Don’t drink the tap water. “Nobody in Commerce City drinks it,” says Chavira. Located in Commerce City is the Suncor Energy refinery—Colorado’s only oil refinery—which remains one of the state’s largest emitters of greenhouse gasses and toxic air pollutants. The refinery continues to have adverse effects on the air, soil, and water quality in its surrounding neighborhoods. While the Commerce City refinery has been in operation since 1931, it was acquired by Suncor Energy—a Canadian oil and gas company—back in 2003. According to Suncor, the facility now houses three plants over two refineries. Plants 1 and 2 are major suppliers of gasoline and diesel fuel in Colorado, while Plant 3 is the state’s main asphalt producer. The refinery as a whole processes approximately 98,000 barrels of oil a day and claims to contribute more than $2.5 billion to the state’s economy annually. But it’s an output that comes with significant environmental caveats. Chavira, who now lives just outside of Commerce City, has witnessed the effects of the Plants firsthand. “My cousin and uncle all have asthma, and you get constant headaches because of the air,” says Chavira. “It’s to the point where everyone who lives in Commerce City got a free air monitor, and some days it’ll tell you, ‘Don’t go outside.’ The only reason we have [the monitors] is not because of the city, though. It’s because of the organizations advocating for its residents.” “I want people to know that it’s possible to fight these big, multimillion-dollar entities,” says Alessandra Chavira. At the link in our bio, learn more about Chavira’s home city, and her work demanding action against Colorado’s only oil refinery. Photographed by @_carlosjaramillo_, styled by @marcusjcorrea」6月10日 3時20分