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Lifelong Cleveland resident Steve Gove recalls when the Cuyahoga River symbolized shame — fetid, lifeless, notorious for catching fire when sparks from overhead rail cars ignited the oil-slicked surface. “It was pretty grungy,” said the 73-year-old, an avid canoeist in his youth who sometimes braved the filthy stretch through the

Oil titan BP reached a $2.75 million settlement over air pollution from its largest refinery after environmentalists complained of repeated emissions

Today, UN Special Envoy on Climate Ambition and Solutions Michael R. Bloomberg launched Beyond Petrochemicals: People Over Pollution, a new campaign that aims to halt the rapid expansion of petrochemical and plastic pollution in the United States.

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich.—Oil titan BP reached a $2.75 million settlement over air pollution from its largest refinery after ...

BP, one of the world’s largest oil companies, agreed to pay $2.75 million to settle accusations that its massive Northwest Indiana refinery repeatedly broke the law by polluting the air.

BP, the giant oil company, agreed to settle a lawsuit brought by environmental groups that accused the Whiting refinery of repeatedly violating the U.S. Clean Air Act.

BP reached a $2.75 million settlement over air pollution from its largest refinery, Whiting facility in Indiana.

Under the agreement, BP would pay $1.75 million in civil penalties to a federal fund used for clean air monitoring and enforcement.

British oil giant must pay millions in penalties after repeatedly violating its permits and emitting illegal levels of dangerous particulate matter.

The 133-year-old refinery processes around 440,000 barrels of crude oil daily.