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Hyperion declines to extend land options for its $10 billion dollar refinery
by Matt Breen, http://www.ktiv.com
October 1st, 2012
A company spokesman says Hyperion Energy has declined to extend options on more than 5,000 acres of land, in Union County, for its $10 billion-dollar oil refinery.

Report: Health of U.S. Refinery Communities At Risk from Tar Sands
September 18th, 2012
Communities living next to tar sands oil refineries suffer from more intense sulfur dioxide pollution because of the extremely high sulfur content of tar sands refinery feed stocks, according to a new report by ForestEthics, an environmental organization.

SOUTH DAKOTA: Hyperion opponents appeal circuit court judge's decision to South Dakota Supreme Court
The Associated Press
March 6th, 2012
Several organizations opposed to a proposed $10 billion oil refinery in southeastern South Dakota say they are taking their case to the South Dakota Supreme Court.

SOUTH DAKOTA: Battle for Hyperion back in courtroom next month
by Cody Winchester, Sioux Falls Business Journals
December 26th, 2011
Next month, the parties in a long-running legal battle over a proposal to build a $10 billion oil refinery in Union County will present their final arguments in a Pierre courtroom.

SOUTH DAKOTA: My Voice, Hyperion will be harmful to public health
by Charles C. Yelverton, argusleader.com
July 30th, 2011
South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources and the Board of Minerals and Environment ignores its mission by approving an air permit for the Hyperion Energy Center.

SOUTH DAKOTA: Proposed Oil Refinery the Center of Political Debate
A proposed 400,000-barrel-per-day tar sands oil refinery along the South Dakota-Iowa border is stirring an increasingly polarizing debate, bringing both environmental and economic concerns to the forefront.

SOUTH DAKOTA: Politicians and oil company at odds over proposed refinery plans
August 24th, 2010
A week after two South Dakota gubernatorial candidates questioned whether the Hyperion oil refinery would get built, the oil company is claiming that it is still on a trajectory to get built by 2015.

SOUTH DAKOTA: Hyperion says refinery still planned for 2015
August 20th, 2010
Dallas-based oil company reasserts its claims that refinery will get built despite growing doubts

SOUTH DAKOTA: Hyperion admits air permit was flawed, wants another chance to get it right
June 16th, 2010
Oil company asking for extension of flawed air permit to finally develop pollution control plans for sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide.

SOUTH DAKOTA: Hyperion challenges its own air permit
March 9th, 2010
In a strange turn of events, company proposing a new refinery is challenging their own air permit that was recently granted by the state of South Dakota

SOUTH DAKOTA: Media rushes to cover launching of Union County Bucket Brigade
November 30th, 2009
Several news stories have been published the wake of GCM's recent launch of a Bucket Brigade in southeastern South Dakota.

SOUTH DAKOTA: Refinery Opponents Start Independent Air Monitoring
November 17th, 2009
Hyperion Refinery opponents will start an independent local air monitoring process to expose the State’s flawed program recently established near the proposed refinery site in Union County, SD.

SOUTH DAKOTA: Hyperion Consultant Admits Refinery will Have More CO2 Emissions than Any Other US Refinery
October 13th, 2009
An op ed by a professor emeritus reveals that a consultant for Hyperion admitted that the proposed refinery will release more CO2 per barrel of oil refined than any other refinery.

SOUTH DAKOTA: Refinery opponents appeal air permit decision in court
September 30th, 2009
As promised, opponents have gone to court to try to overturn a state board's decision last month that awarded a key environmental permit for a proposed $10 billion oil refinery and power plant in Union County.

SOUTH DAKOTA: Hyperion looks ahead to water permits
September 6th, 2009
The citizens of Union County were disheartened when the state of South Dakota issued an important air permit for the proposed Hyperion refinery. Fortunately, there are still water permits to be acquired and just as many opportunities to stop the refinery.

SOUTH DAKOTA: Hyperion renews about half of land options
August 31st, 2009
Hyperion Refining has opted to renew options on over 6,000 acres of land which will be used in their $10 billion refinery project.

SOUTH DAKOTA: Hyperion hangs in the balance
August 17th, 2009
After hearing closing arguments from both sides Thursday, the nine-member Board of Minerals and Environment is expected to decide this week whether to issue a permit to the planned Hyperion refinery.

SOUTH DAKOTA: Texas company, opponents to battle over refinery
May 17th, 2009
A Texas company looking to build a $10 billion oil refinery in southeastern South Dakota and opponents who say it will emit too many pollutants will face off in Pierre this coming week.

Board listens to pros, cons on Hyperion - Opponents outnumber those who favor
April 17th, 2009
A number of speakers opposed to the project demanded the board require the company to produce a comprehensive environmental impact statement

SD board sets May hearing for Hyperion permit:plant would refine 400,000 barrels a day of Canadian tar sands crude oil
November 21st, 2008
Six-month delay in the hearing could cost the state $25 million in sales tax and increase Hyperion's construction cost by $500 million due to inflation

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