14 Jul 2007
Indiana Allows BP To Pollute Lake Michigan

On Slashdot, of all places. I'm ashamed to be a Hoosier - and I know who's ultimately responsible.

An anonymous reader writes "Indiana regulators exempted BP from state environmental laws to clear the way for a $3.8 billion expansion that will allow the company to refine heavier Canadian crude oil. They justified the move in part by noting the project will create 80 new jobs. The company will now be allowed to dump an average of 1,584 pounds of ammonia and 4,925 pounds of sludge into Lake Michigan every day."

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