Legislators Ask BP to Reconsider Additional Dumping into Lake Michigan

July 23, 2007

U.S. Representative Rahm Emanuel (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) recently released a letter to Tony Hayward, chief executive officer of BP calling on him to reconsider BP’s decision to dump more ammonia and “sludge” into Lake Michigan.

Click here for a previous news story explaining the new decision that allows BP to dump more ammonia into Lake Michigan.

The letter can be read in full by visiting http://durbin.senate.gov/record.cfm?id=279287.

Source: Office of Senator Dick Durbin

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