I noticed an article the other day that didn’t seem right to me about BP dumping chemicals in lakes. After a little bit more research, it seems I was right to not believe the story. It’s just another case of the media pumping out false information about corporations they don’t like.

The article was in the Chicago Tribune, and says that BP is going to be releasing more chemicals into the lakes. They do state that it’s all within the legal limits, but don’t seem to emphasize that point very well. This article is not fair, and I’m sick of seeing reporters make things up.

The facts are:

• Only treated water is being released into Lake Michigan. Sludge is treated completely separated, and is not released into Lake Michigan.
• They are also well within the legals limits. The new water discharge permit puts them at still half of what federal regulations could allow to be dumped

BP is possibly the best oil company right now. They are working more and more each day to use more Canadian oil, and not rely on oil from the Middle East. This is of course harder, because Canadian oil is different, and harder to refine. They are working and investing more and more every day to bring the modern and future technology that allows them to refine this oil, while still keeping the costs lower for us, and the environmental impact small. They’re going to be spending more than $3 billion to modernize the Whiting Refinery to process more crude oil from Canada.

So watch what you read, We see now that the Chicago Tribune article was not fair, and did not have the facts. Remember to not believe what you read, without seeing both sides, and the real facts first.