Just Simply Holly

We have a BP refinery here in my area, so when I find or see stories about BP, they are of interest to me. Being a parent, I worry about what the future holds for my children, so when I read things like the BP Whiting Refinery Fact Sheet, it makes me feel good to know that BP is taking the right measures to make sure that their refineries aren’t going to harm the environment any more than necessary.

The fact sheet states that BP will invest more than $3 billion dollars to modernize the Whiting Refinery. On top of that the only water that is released from their refinery into Lake Michigan is 99.9% water and does not contain sludge. All sludge is treated separately and never enters Lake Michigan. I like hearing this fact because I’ve heard all my life about how the Great Lakes are being harmed by factories that allow unacceptable products to be released into the Great Lakes. I think The Great Lakes are very special and important and what can be done to keep them clean needs to be done.

The Chicago Tribune recently wrote an article about The Whiting Refinery that seems to have misrepresented many of the facts behind a recent decision allowing BP to release pollutants into Lake Michigan. While I’m not thrilled about this being able to be done, another story in the News-Sentiel explains the reasons why this is being done and why, even though we may not agree with it, it is something that is important.

Sometimes in life we have to do things that we may not be happy about doing, but we know that in the end, it is something that is for the best. That is what I feel BP and its companies are doing what they are doing at The Whiting Refinery. They are trying to take steps to help the US relieve their dependence on crude oil from the Mid East, which I think is something that is very important. They are going to be using a heavier crude oil that they are going to be getting from Canada.
I look forward to reading more about BP’s Whiting Refinery and the steps that it is taking and I will be sure to keep an eye out to make sure that BP is doing what they said they would do because I think this is a step in the right direction for our country.