Indiana Allows BP To Pollute Lake Michigan

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."

Comments

Lake Michigan

[yincrash]

The Great Lakes were never that great to begin with, but that's just gross.

Re:Lake Michigan

[HoosierPeschke]

It has been cleaned up a lot over the past 20 years. It's only been in the past decade that zebra mussels have been reappearing around the Whiting area (where I'm originally from).

Re:Lake Michigan

[hobo sapiens]

Troll? I thought he was a petrol lobbyist!

Re:Lake Michigan

[Anonymous Coward]

As an IL resident, I say we bring democracy to IN and take their dirty oil away.

Is it worth it?

[solar_blitz]

80 jobs.
6500 lbs of waste each day.
The environment.
Priceless.

There are some things money can't buy...

Re:Is it worth it?

[Anonymous Coward]

For everything else there's Government Abuse.

A little homework

[Statecraftsman]

Finally some numbers. Let's see...that's 20 lbs of ammonia and 62 lbs of sludge per new job per day. Yup, sounds like a bargain alright.

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"

[hey!]

for "Hall of Shame" states.

Florida -- the Electoral Screwup State
Kansas -- the Science Miseducation State
Indiana -- the Environmental Rape State

Michigan is a sh*thole anyway

[kaufmanmoore]

A dirty lake to go with a dirty state.

Re:This is bad?

[Ohreally_factor]

Exactly! People shouldn't be complaining! They should be opening up spas on Lake Michigan and offering sludge facials. It's well known that toxic elements and compounds will tighten the pores, slough off dead skin, and leave your face feeling invigorating. That tingling? That means it's working!

Re:Great

[Duhavid]

"When we people learn?"

About 5 minutes before it kills them?

I am glad I am not human.

Aquafina is bottled useing that water as well.

[Joe The Dragon]

Aquafina now with ammonia and sludge

Re:How Much is The Environment Worth?

[Upaut]

Mitch Daniels here, and I have to say that I am highly offended with this comment: "All in all, a dumbass move that makes absolutely no sense for the state whatsoever. I wonder who got bribed, and with how much? "

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:Lifetime hoosier here

[Anonymous Coward]

Tetanus is caused by an anaerobic spore, not by rusty nails. You can just as easily get tetanus from a shiny nail, a long splinter, or a shard of Formica. It is the puncture wound that is the risk (a puncture wound creates a deep wound with an anaerobic environment where the tetani bacterium can flourish). The tetani spores are present in the ground, and therefore creating a puncture wound with something that was lying on the ground is the problem -- whether the puncturing implement was a nail or not, rusty or not.

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.