John Flesher | The Associated Press

Environment & Climate Change

BP subsidiary agrees to record $40M penalty and pollution-cutting steps at Lake Michigan refinery

John Flesher | The Associated Press

A BP subsidiary on Lake Michigan violated pollution limits and will pay a $40 million fine and install technology to control the release of benzene at its Whiting oil refinery.
Environment & Climate Change

Ohio train derailment highlights waste disposal predicament

John Flesher | The Associated Press

Officials in southeastern Michigan were angry when a landfill and deep-injection wells near Detroit received contaminated soils and liquids from a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.