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UPDATE: August 20, 2007

Environmental Illinois is started running ads today in the Chicago Tribune. They will be running the ad for 4 days asking BP to stop their toxic dumping plan. They will also be using the ads to announce a regionwide day of action on September 22. More news coming on the Action Day.

The website has been updated to send an email to BP CEO Tony Hayward announcing a Pledge to purchase gas from other suppliers of gas besides BP until they agree to avoid more contamination of Lake Michigan.

I don't usually copy and paste but in this instance I thought it would be alright because I can't say this a whole lot better myself. This is from my friend R.V. from Standale Lumber:

Hello Friends,

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 British Petroleum is asking the EPA to instead let them dump 1,500 additional pounds of ammonia and 5,000 additional 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.


Please consider E-signing our petition, click on the link below (or copy and paste it into your browser): No worries, it's quick!

https://www.environmentillinois.org/action/protect-lake-michigan/bp-epapetition

Thank you for considering this petition to keep our beautiful Lake Michigan Clean!

Glen Arbor

Posted Monday Aug 13