Dumping in Lake Michigan
post a comment | posted Aug 17
Just found out this morning that petroleum company BP has been allowed by the EPA and the state of Indiana to dump "up to 1,584 pounds of ammonia and 4,925 pounds of industrial solids into Lake Michigan every single day," according to a petition at Get Active sponsored by Senator Dick Durbin and Congressman Rahm Emanuel. The two politicians plan to present the petition at a meeting with BP on September 4th.
The story checks out here and here.
As a side note, the BP refinery in Whiting, Indiana will continue to be allowed to discharge mercury in to Lake Michigan until 2012, according to this article that appeared in the Chicago Tribune in late July of this year.
Please take 60 seconds out of your day to sign the petition to stop this insanity!