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BP Retracts after Lake Pollution

(August 14, 2007)

The BP oil refinery in Whiting, Ind. was supposed to expand in order to refine crude oil from Canada. The expansion would have made this refinery the 4th largest refinery in the United States.

The plant expansion would allow for over 54 more ammonia and other suspended solid pollutants (containing toxic heavy metals) to be dumped into the lake.

That's gross.

But conscioutious residents of Michigan and Illinois successfully thwarted such an expansion.

read more here:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=13903534

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