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BP, coal plants dump mercury into Great Lakes
Enemies of the human race |
Jon Rynn |
27 Jul 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Last week, I put up a post explaining that BP will be increasing their dumping of toxic waste into the Great Lakes. Congress overwhelmingly approved a resolution condemning BP's dumping -- a resolution sponsored by Rahm Emanuel, a powerful Democratic Congressman. Now, thanks to some fine investigative reporting by the Chicago Tribune, we find out that BP has been dumping mercury as well, and will continue to do so: Federal records analyzed by the Tribune show B ... |
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| Topics: business, coal, energy, mercury, oil, toxics, waste, water pollution (all these topics) |
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