Hi ,
With your help, BP is feeling the pressure and hearing the public outcry over
its plans to increase dumping of ammonia and toxic sludge into Lake Michigan --
and they're responding. Unfortunately, it's not the type of response that we'd
like to see.
BP's PR spin doctors have responded to our concerns about the increased
pollution levels allowed in their new permit by saying that it will actually be
good for the environment, arguing that they plan on reducing the amount of
mercury that they're dumping into the lake. Yet BP's new permit actually
exempts them from achieving federal mercury emission standards.
I don't know about you, but that doesn't sound like an improvement to me --
especially if their permit increases some toxic pollution levels or removes
requirements altogether.
We need to stop BP's spin doctors. While we may not be able to spend the big
bucks on a massive PR firm or blitzing the airwaves with advertisements to try
and fool the public, we can keep the heat on them with ongoing public scrutiny. We need to make sure that BP's permit is stopped in
its tracks and a real solution for the pollution they're putting into our Great
Lakes is put forward.
Please sign our petition to the EPA urging them to stop BP's permit today:
https://www.environmentillinois.org/action/protect-lake-michigan/bp-epapetition?
id4=ES
Sincerely,
Rebecca D. Stanfield
Environment Illinois State Director
RebeccaS@environmentillinois.org
http://www.environmentillinois.org
P.S. Thanks again for your support. Please feel free to share this e-mail with
your family and friends.
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