[BCNnet] RE: Pearl Jam Says "Don't Go To BP Amoco"

[Carolyn A. Marsh]

Rockin - Carolyn Marsh

http://www.ecorazzi.com/?p=3659

 

Aug 17, 2007

 

Pearl Jam Says "Don't Go To BP Amoco"

Eddie Vedder "Don't Go to BP Amoco

 

Filed under: campaigns, music, not green, business, politics - rebecca @
4:58 pm

 

The MidWest is pissed at BP, and so is Pearl Jam. British Petroleum is often
looked at as one of the "better" oil companies.one that actually has the
environment on their mind.

 

The BP Whiting Refinery in Indiana has secured a new water permit that
"allows BP to dump an average of 1,584 pounds of ammonia and 4,925 pounds of
suspended solids into the lake every day," says the Chicago Tribune.

 

BP has written their own statement to say that the ammonia levels are still
at 50% of the federal standards, and that the change in their output is due
to having to process a totally different, and heavier, crude oil.

 

The public, the environmental groups, and even some politicians aren't
convinced. Pearl Jam even wrote a song about it and performed it at this
year's Lollapalooza. Watch a bit of their "Don't Go to BP Amoco" protest
song below, or listen to the entire bit here.

 

 

 

 

 

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