JESSE JACKSON SAYS GOVERNMENT PLAYED ROLE IN BP SPILL
WHITING, Ind. — The Rev. Jesse Jackson says the Gulf Coast oil spill is a result of the federal government's weak enforcement of the nation's environmental laws.
Jackson also said Wednesday that those laws are too weak and that the fines BP has faced for environmental violations are minimal compared with the British-based oil company's profits.
Jackson made the comments before leading a protest outside BP's sprawling oil refinery in Whiting in northwest Indiana.
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He says the Canadian tar sands BP will refine in Whiting when a $3.8 billion refinery expansion is completed there will bring worse pollution to the Chicago area's air and water.
Jackson is president and founder of the Chicago-based Rainbow/PUSH Coalition
Jackson also said Wednesday that those laws are too weak and that the fines BP has faced for environmental violations are minimal compared with the British-based oil company's profits.
Jackson made the comments before leading a protest outside BP's sprawling oil refinery in Whiting in northwest Indiana.
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He says the Canadian tar sands BP will refine in Whiting when a $3.8 billion refinery expansion is completed there will bring worse pollution to the Chicago area's air and water.
Jackson is president and founder of the Chicago-based Rainbow/PUSH Coalition
He's right!!!