From: EcoWatch
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Though this week’s BP oil spill on Lake Michigan didn’t take place in Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s territory, it was close enough.
At just 20 miles away in Whiting, IN, the estimated
eight-to-12-barrel spill could have impacted the water source of about 7
million people in Chicago and its suburbs. That’s why a fiery Rahm
Emanuel is demanding answers from BP and environmental agencies. He told
reporters that he’d prefer a “full account.”
“I want a report on what happened, how it happened, why did it
happen, how much happened and how do you prevent it from ever happening
again,” he said, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. “Chicago’s
water was rated No. 1. I don’t want anything to ever endanger it. We’re
investing in it. I want to make sure BP is a good corporate citizen
next door in Indiana.”
BP’s initial assessment was that the spill could have totaled
between 378 and 756 gallons of crude oil. BP crews used vacuum trucks to
remove about 5,200 gallons
of an oil-water mixture from the site near the BP refinery and the
shoreline of a nearby beach. Still, the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) says there are appear to be no negative effects on the
lake.
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