Guest guest Posted July 18, 2007 Report Share Posted July 18, 2007 At 12:15 PM 7/17/07, you wrote: >Beyond Pathetic >BP allowed to increase waste discharges into Lake Michigan > >The ugly (and imaginary) conflict between environment and economy has >reared its head in Indiana, where state and federal regulators granted >exemptions that will allow oil giant BP to discharge more waste from a >refinery straight into Lake Michigan. You may recall that BP is moving > " Beyond Petroleum. " But first it has a few things to take care of -- like >this $3.8 billion expansion of a facility in Whiting, Ind., that will >process Canadian crude oil. Claiming that there isn't enough room on-site >to upgrade its water-treatment plant, BP sought permission to increase >discharges of ammonia and sludge into the lake, diluting them with water >200 feet offshore. Officials, apparently wooed by the prospect of 80 new >jobs, said OK, while clean-water advocates protested the decision. " We're >not necessarily opposed to this project, " said Lee Botts, founder of the >Alliance for the Great Lakes. " But if they are investing all of these >billions, they surely can afford to spend some more to protect the lake. " > >[ email | discuss | + digg | + del.icio.us ] > >straight to the source: The Times, Andrea Holecek, 17 Jul 2007 > >straight to the source: Chicago Tribune, Michael Hawthorne, 15 Jul 2007 ****** Kraig and Shirley Carroll ... in the woods of SE Kentucky http://www.thehavens.com/ thehavens 606-376-3363 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.859 / Virus Database: 585 - Release 2/14/05 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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