Indiana Allows BP To Pollute Lake Michigan 490
An anonymous reader writes "Indiana regulators exempted BP from state environmental laws to clear the way for a $3.8 billion expansion that will allow the company to refine heavier Canadian crude oil. They justified the move in part by noting the project will create 80 new jobs. The company will now be allowed to dump an average of 1,584 pounds of ammonia and 4,925 pounds of sludge into Lake Michigan every day."
Lake Michigan (Score:2, Funny)
Is it worth it? (Score:5, Funny)
6500 lbs of waste each day.
The environment.
Priceless.
There are some things money can't buy...
Re:Is it worth it? (Score:3, Funny)
A little homework (Score:5, Funny)
If I may, I'd just like to make one suggestion. Let's offer a free Hummer to any of those 80 workers who would like to take their share of waste products home each day.
Some mint needs to do commemorative "quarters" (Score:5, Funny)
Florida -- the Electoral Screwup State
Kansas -- the Science Miseducation State
Indiana -- the Environmental Rape State
Michigan is a sh*thole anyway (Score:2, Funny)
Re:This is bad? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Great (Score:5, Funny)
About 5 minutes before it kills them?
I am glad I am not human.
Aquafina is bottled useing that water as well. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:How Much is The Environment Worth? (Score:3, Funny)
I have you know that I have never, and will never, accept a bribe. Even one that only affects the enviorment, which we all know will be gone in five years when the rapture comes...
Now I am afraid I must go buff my solid gold Bently. You would not believe the amount of dings and scratches it gets.
Re:Lake Michigan (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Lake Michigan (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Lifetime hoosier here (Score:1, Funny)
So yes, having a bunch of nails in arranged in a manner that increases the risk of puncture wounds occurring is bad. But having a bunch of rusty nails in a dilapidated shed is not.
Re:Lake Michigan (Score:1, Funny)