It looks like our friends at BP are up to their old tricks again. This time, though, the oil being spilled isn’t in the Gulf of Mexico, where the company’s cost-cutting measures in 2010 led to the largest oil spill in recorded history, but in Lake Michigan, the largest repository of fresh water on the […]
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Having learning nothing from the Gulf disaster, BP allows crude oil to pour into Lake Michigan
Posted in Environment, Michigan, Uncategorized Also tagged BP, British Petroleum, Corporate Crime, crude oil, Deepwater Horizon, drinking water, fresh water, Great Lakes, gulf coast, Gulf of Mexico, Indiana, Lake Michigan, Michigan, oil, pollution, tar sands, Whiting refinery 10 Comments
Paying the environmental price for the fuck-ups of other states
The people of Florida have been standing up to oil industry pressure for decades. While their neighboring coastal states have approved off-shore drilling, in hopes creating jobs, and filling their coffers, the people of Florida have stood strong, opting to forgo immediate financial gratification, and instead safeguard their shoreline and wetlands for future generations. Of […]
Posted in Environment, Michigan Also tagged ammonia, BP, censorship, Deepwater Horizon, Florida, Indiana, Lake Michigan, Louisiana, off-shore drilling, oil slick, sludge 8 Comments