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WHITING, IN: Gulf oil spill may impact BP's refinery expansion project in Whiting
Some unions indicate that work has slowed down since the oil spill began.

WHITING, IN: BP oil refinery expansion raising concerns about safety of Great Lakes
Halfway through a project to expand its oil refinery in Indiana, BP is coming under increasing fire for the potential environmental impacts on the Great Lakes.

Why We Need Green Jobs-A forum sponsored by Calumet Project-Thursday, February 4, 2010 at 5:00 PM
Join us for an important discussion about putting Northwest Indiana back to work and protecting the environment

WHITING, IN: EPA Blocks Air Permit for BP Refinery Expansion
EPA raises questions about increased emissions from tars sands crude.

WHITING, IN: Residents 17 times more likely to develop disease as national average
What if you found out that your neighborhood had one of the highest cancer rates in the country?

WHITING, IN: BP seeks to allay benzene concerns
BP estimates up to 22 pounds of benzene per day over a 6 year period could have been emitted into the air.

Residents to file suit over BP air pollution: The groups are against refining tar sands...
The legal notice comes after EPA announced Tuesday that BP emitted benzene without proper pollution controls at its treatment plant for nearly six years.

WHITING, IN: BP Cited For High Benzene Release
For nearly six years, BP's Whiting, IN refinery emitted cancer-causing benzene at its wastewater treatment plant without proper air pollution control equipment, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. BP says there's no evidence that humans or the environment were harmed, but the company could face a penalty of up to $37,500 per day for the violations, which took place between 2003 and 2008.

11 Lake firms named in air lawsuit - Steel mills included - Based on USA Today study
The lawsuit is based on a recent report on air pollution near schools by the University of Massachusetts at Amherst Political Economy Research Institute and the USA Today.

BP permit hearing delayed - Setback for Tar sands expansion
Keilman said BP's choice to use more Canadian tar sands is based on energy security. Environmental groups say permit does not comply with the law and that residents shouldn't bear health costs

More BP refinery doubts: EPA "BP may have begun a project to process Canadian crude oil at the refinery in 2005 without the proper permit.”
Evidence that the Indiana Department of Environmental Management did a slipshod job in approving a construction permit for the BP refinery is mounting.

EPA cites BP refinery for Clean Air Act violations-EPA: Refinery began Tar Sands Expansion 3 years before permit was issued
The agency discovered the alleged violations during an inspection in January 2007.

Ripple Effect of Shell Decision: Rising costs present challenge to second refinery in Saint John
Shell Canada's decision to scrap plans for a new multi-billion oil refinery in Ontario sheds some light on the challenges facing a second oil refinery in Saint John.

Shell backs out of oil sands project
Shell's decision could affect BP Whiting's ultimate fate, said Denny Larson, executive director of California-based Global Community Monitor, who has helped the Hammond-based Bucket Brigade protest BP Whiting's modernization.

Refiners Face Obstacles to Processing Cheaper, Dirtier Crude Oil
Refiners faced with rising prices for premium grades of crude oil are rushing to expand their ability to process less expensive, dirtier crudes, but their efforts face concerns about pollution and global warming.

Three more groups appeal state permit for BP oil refinery - BP work facing appeals on June 16
Three environmental groups are trying to stop BP PLC from continuing its expansion of an oil refinery along Lake Michigan, contending in an appeal to the state Monday that an air permit granted to the company was improperly granted.

Petition: BP air permit hurts poor, minorities
Two groups claiming a breach of environmental justice have called for a stop to BP Whiting Refinery's $3.8 billion expansion, according to the first appeal of BP's controversial air permit.

Environmental Justice Groups File First Appeal of Controversial BP Refinery Air Permit - Petition for Review Charges Low Income Neighbors Will Suffer Extra Burdens
The Calumet Project of Hammond, Indiana and Global Community Monitor filed the first appeal of the hotly debated BP Refinery air permit on Saturday, May 10, 2008. According to the petition faxed to IDEM: “the permit fails to fully protect already over burdened low income and people of color communities of Whiting, East Chicago and Hammond, Indiana from increases in harmful sulfur dioxide, lead and particulate matter air pollution.”

Syncrude ducks tar sands critics at its peril
The most infamous tailings pond on earth is in lockdown. No TV crews allowed, no reporters, no pictures -- nothing. You'd think Syncrude Canada had Chernobyl on its hands rather than a flock of dead ducks.

Rain doesn't halt BP protest: Whiting hosts Earth Day event
"Industry is unaccountable. ... On the other side we're seeing people stand up to them when they get organized and get educated. You're invincible," said Ruth Breech, of Global Community Monitor.

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