Call Out to Protect our Water


	Call Out to Protect our Water

bookchick49

8-20-2007 6:03 PM

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exploits, michigan, threat, pollution, oil companies, water

bookchick49 says:

“I believe the proposal to allow increased dumping of ammonia and toxic sludge into Lake Michigan from British Petroleum's oil refinery in Whiting, Indiana is unconscionable. Certainly a company that claims to be "Beyond Petroleum" can also be beyond polluting our waters.

"Please halt progress on this proposal now and find a way to deal with the waste this plant produces other than dumping more of it into Lake Michigan."

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