Top Priority

Beyond Preposterous:
Stop BP's Toxic Dumping

British Petroleum (BP) plans increase its pollution into Lake Michigan at its Whiting, Indiana refinery, just 3 miles from Chicago's beaches.

Under the new permit, already approved by the state of Indiana, BP will be allowed to dump up to 1,500 pounds of ammonia and nearly 5,000 pounds of suspended sludge particles into Lake Michigan every day.

We've worked for decades to clean up the Great Lakes and it's been years since any company has been allowed to increase dumping in Lake Michigan. Certainly a company that claims to be "Beyond Petroleum" should also be beyond polluting our waters.

Take action today to stop BP's toxic dumping plan!

Latest News Release

70,000 Call on BP to Halt Planned Dumping 8/15/2007 - Environment Illinois

CHICAGO, Illinois—Environment Illinois today presented BP and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials with more than 70,000 thousand signatures from Great Lakes region residents demanding a halt to BP's unprecedented expansion of pollution into Lake Michigan.

Great Lakes In The News

BP Meets With Officials About Dumping Plan [VIDEO] 8/15/2007 - NBC5 Chicago

BP officials meet with environmentalists and politicians about their dumping plan.

BP refinery faces 'firestorm' on dumping plans 8/15/2007 - Chicago Tribune

CHICAGO (AP) - A permit allowing an oil refinery to dump more pollutants into Lake Michigan is one of the most serious threats to the world's fifth-largest lake in decades, said Illinois environmentalists and officials who blasted neighboring Indiana's approval of the action.

Mark Your Calendar: 9/22/07

Saturday, September 9/22 we will be holding a regional Day of Action to oppose BP's toxic dumping plans at numerous locations throughout the Great Lakes region. Stay tuned for more information to come!

This week's ads in the Chicago Tribune

Thanks to supporters across the Great Lakes, these ads and others will be running in the Chicago Tribune this week.

To download PDF versions of the ads that you can print out, right click on the image of the ad above and then click "Save link as..." to save it your computer.