Tell BP: No More Dumping in the Great Lakes

British Petroleum, an oil company that prides itself on its commitment to environmental protection, plans on dramatically increasing the pollution it releases into Lake Michigan. BP’s plan calls for a 54 percent increase in ammonia and a 35 percent increase in solid waste containing dangerous heavy metals to be dumped into Lake Michigan.

Lake Michigan and its shoreline are among the crown jewels of Chicago -- central to our city's bid for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. The Great Lakes account for 95 percent of the surface freshwater in the U.S. and provide drinking water for more than 30 million Americans, including the entire Chicago-metropolitan region.

We cannot allow the Great Lakes to be treated as a dumping zone for industrial waste. Email CEO Bob Malone today and urge him to stop BP’s plans to pollute Lake Michigan.

Thank you,

Subject:

Dear Mr. Malone,

(Edit Letter Below)

I understand that British Petroleum, a company which prides itself on its commitment to environmental protection, intends to vastly increase the amount of pollution it releases into Lake Michigan from an Indiana refinery.  Your plans call for a 54 percent increase in ammonia and a 35 percent increase in solid waste containing dangerous heavy metals to be dumped into Lake Michigan.

Lake Michigan and its shoreline are the crown jewels of Chicago -- central to the city's bid for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. The Great Lakes account for 95 percent of the surface freshwater in the U.S. and provide drinking water for more than 30 million Americans, including the entire Chicago-metropolitan region.

We cannot allow the Great Lakes to be treated as a dumping zone for industrial waste.  Please, reject the plan to pollute the lake today.

For years, thousands of concerned citizens and elected officials have worked to reduce pollution and to guarantee the health of the Lakes for generations to come.  BP's plan to increase its dumping of ammonia and solid waste by thousands of tons each year threatens these efforts to preserve and protect "a national treasure."

Your company's advertising campaign suggests that you are a different kind of oil company -- one concerned about protecting the environment.  It is simply unacceptable that a company that has spent millions of dollars to portray itself as environmentally sensitive would then turn around and propose to dump ammonia and solid waste into our drinking water.

You can't have it both ways:  If British Petroleum is serious about protecting the environment, then you will join us by rejecting this proposal and protecting Lake Michigan today.

Sincerely,
[Your name]
[Your address]

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