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07/15/2007: "Companies purchase the right to pollute"

The massive BP oil refinery in Whiting, Ind., is planning to dump
significantly more ammonia and industrial sludge into Lake Michigan,
running counter to years of efforts to clean up the Great Lakes.

Indiana regulators exempted BP from state environmental laws to clear the
way for a $3.8 billion expansion that will allow the company to refine
heavier Canadian crude oil. They justified the move in part by noting the
project will create 80 new jobs.

[ Such things are popular with voters because, hey, jobs = money = our own little kingdoms of fantasy worlds in our apartments. And the pollution won't hit until our grandchildren are ten... then they can get their own jobs, god damn it, and start earning enough money for the air filters, water filters and organic table-farmed foods they'll need to survive! ]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-pollute_15jul15,1,647384.story