Save Lake Michigan.

[Walleye Express]

I know we need more refineries to keep gas prices down, but this (IMV) is a bad trade off.

SAVE LAKE MICHIGAN!!!

BP just made a massive $3.8 billion expansion at their oil refinery in Whiting, Indiana. After pouring billions of dollars into expanding the aging plant, they claim they just wouldn't have the room to fit in a water treatment facility to deal with the increased waste being produced.

So BP is asking the EPA to instead let them dump 1,500 more pounds of ammonia and 5,000 more pounds of toxic sludge into Lake Michigan each day.

The EPA has decided to let them do it.

Below is a link to send a message rejecting the idea of dumping toxic sludge into Lake Michigan.

The message will go directly to BP's CEO Tony Hayward and EPA Region 5 Administrator Mary Gade.

To sign the petition, click on the link below or copy and paste it into your browser:

This only takes a few seconds.

Tell BP and EPA: We're Beyond Polluting Lake Michigan - Environment Illinois

[bluedevil]

Done...

[GLF]

Done!

[Satisfaxion_Gauranteed]

Done!

The almighty dollar strikes again......

[justenough]

Done!:angry2:

[tltorrice]

Done.

TT

[special x]

Done:angry2:

[caznik]

Done

[salmonquest]

Yah Done For sure.

[Paulywood]

Done and sent back to the top!

[mrmoochy2]

Done thanks

[Walleye Express]

Hey guys, we got the job done! BP is not going to do it!

A message from Rebecca D. Stanfield, Environment Illinois State Director follows"

Citing "ongoing regional opposition," BP America Chairman and President Bob Malone announced this morning that the company will avoid any increased pollution into Lake Michigan from its oil refinery in Whiting, Indiana.

BP has heard the voices of hundreds of thousands of Great Lakes region residents saying that Lake Michigan is a natural treasure and source of drinking water, not our dumping ground. In response, BP has issued a non-binding statement indicating it will avoid increased dumping of ammonia and toxics-containing solids, which are allowed by its new discharge permit issued in June by Indiana's Department of Environmental Management.

I'd like to thank the hundreds of thousands of Great Lakes region residents like you who have spoken out to protect Lake Michigan from BP's expanded dumping. Together we made BP's announcement today happen. We now need to urge BP to immediately call for an amended discharge permit that sets in stone its promise to avoid any increase in pollution.

As long as BP's current discharge permit remains on the books in Indiana, it sets a disastrous precedent. The permit is the first in years to allow a company to increase its pollution into Lake Michigan. To ensure Lake Michigan's protection, the permit must be amended -- both to hold BP to its pledge and to avoid setting a dangerous standard for future permits.

Send the message to BP today that it needs to get an amended permit that doesn't allow for any increase in pollution:

http://www.environmentillinois.org/action/protect-lake-michigan/bp-email?id4=ES

Sincerely,

Rebecca D. Stanfield

Environment Illinois State Director

[email protected]

http://www.environmentillinois.org