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Three steps forward, one step back - BP can dump more waste into Lake Michigan

British Petroleum (now known as simply BP) has found a way to dodge around a Great Lakes anti-pollution law. The law, written in 1970, set a limit on the amount of waste sludge and ammonia that could be dumped into Lake Michigan, as the level of pollution in the lake was getting way out of hand. A clause in the law stated that if a company was dumping at an amount under the limit, they could not increase their pollution, even if it was still under the primary limit. Well, due to the extra-crude oil from Canada, BP is now processing at its ... Read more →

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