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Monday, June 14, 2010

Environment - More on: Concerns raised about BP's Whiting project, in light of the Gulf spill [Updated]

Those of you who read this ILB entry earlier today will be interested in this article on the Brookings website, about potential oil drilling in the Great Lakes.

[Updated almost immediately] Ironically, as soon as I posted the above, I saw this editorial from the Gary Post-Tribune that begins:

The Rev. Jesse Jackson is blowing more smoke than any stack in Northwest Indiana. But instead of particulate matter, he's spewing distortions, unsound science and outright falsehoods about BP, and particularly its Whiting refinery.

Chief among the errors is a real whopper: BP plans on drilling in Lake Michigan just as it's drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, where its well is spewing millions of gallons of crude oil into the water.

Let's repeat that sludge: BP will drill in Lake Michigan.

Who knew?

Posted by Marcia Oddi on June 14, 2010 02:47 PM
Posted to Environment