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NWI environment advocates worry about BP permit application
Permit comments say the permit will allow the facility to dump “unhealthy levels of pollutants,” including mercury, into Lake ...
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Activists, NWI residents ask Indiana to reduce water pollution coming from BP's Whiting Refinery
The facility's permit is up for renewal. Activists say the Indiana Department of Environmental Management needs to do more to ...
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Environmentalists worry permit would let refinery release mercury, forever chemicals
Environmental groups are concerned that a proposed water pollution control permit would allow the BP Whiting Refinery to keep dumping mercury and other forever chemicals into Lake Michigan.
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Major oil company abandons critical promise just four years after vowing it would change — here's what's at stake
BP has pledged to invest "first and foremost ... The burning of natural gas and oil is a major source of air pollution that can lead to health issues like heart attacks, respiratory disorders ...
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Activists, NWI residents ask Indiana to reduce water pollution coming from BP's Whiting Refinery
Activists also want to see BP update its water pollution control technology and ... IDEM said it will respond to comments when it issues the final permit. In a statement, BP said it is ...