refinery

Economy

Gas prices could have been lower, but a refinery fire kept them from dropping

Lester Graham

When the BP Whiting Refinery was damaged by fire, a wholesale price spike eliminated the price drop that happened a couple of days before.

Linda Chernowas says she has health problems related to living in her polluted industrial neighborhood. But she says Marathon's offer isn't enough for her to get a comparable house elsewhere.

Detroit residents consider Marathon buyout offers (part 2)

Rebecca Williams

Michigan’s only oil refinery is in the middle of a $2 billion dollar expansion project. Marathon Petroleum is expanding its refinery in southwest Detroit…

Theresa Landrum lives near the Marathon oil refinery, seen in the background.

Environment & Climate Change

Refinery's neighbors protest tar sands

Sarah Hulett

People who live near Detroit’s massive Marathon Oil refinery came out as part of a national protest against a proposed pipeline in the western U.S. The…