Authorities investigate human skull found on grounds of Northwest Indiana BP refinery
Officers saw the skull encased in gravel.
Officers saw the skull encased in gravel.
A series of mishaps at the BP Refinery in Whiting, Indiana brought hundreds of people to the meeting. CBS 2's Charlie De Mar reports.
This came as the company's air permit is set to be renewed.
Operations resumed at the plant on Friday after power was fully restored, and all office buildings and nearby roads reopened.
CBS 2's Andrew Ramos reports, it made people sick and prompted hundreds of 911 calls.
"Should we expect this every single time there is a small summer storm from BP? Why did this happen? Why did they not have precautions?"
Investigators said the smell originated at the BP refinery in whiting after a weather-related incident. CBS 2's Andrew Ramos reports, residents still have their concerns.
CBS 2's Asal Rezaei reports The Porter County Emergency Management Agency has confirmed the smell was caused by an unplanned "flaring of gases" at the Whiting, Indiana BP facility.
The 134-year-old refinery is the biggest in the Midwest, and sixth largest nationally, and has a record of pollution rule violations.
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More than 1,000 people are expected to rally outside the BP Refinery in Whiting, Indiana on Sunday.
Crews at the massive BP refinery in Northwest Indiana are mopping up after the discovery of a small amount of oil near a pipeline valve.
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Workers and management at BP have reached a tentative agreement that would end a months-long strike at the refinery in Whiting, Ind.
Local environmental activists have said they're not getting the answers they want from City Hall about an oil spill that occurred in northwest Indiana a year ago this week.
Workers are picketing at oil plants across the country including in Whiting, Indiana. They tell CBS 2's Jeremy Ross the strike is not about wages, but safety.
BP is selling part of its stake in an emerging oil-producing region in the Gulf of Mexico to Chevron, and the two companies, along with Conoco Phillips, will work to develop the fields together.
A rally was held in the former company town of Marktown Park in East Chicago, over the weekend to call attention to what activists say are environmentally unsound practices used by BP in Whiting.
No new oil has been found floating in Lake Michigan or at the bottom of a cove following further inspection Sunday of the spill site near the BP Refinery in Whiting, Ind.
Demonstrators and public officials are seething about BP's oil spill on the Indiana lakefront, but CBS 2's Ed Curran reports the damage could have been worse.
"Any unanticipated spill is cause for concern, but given the Whiting refinery's recent expansion of its operations to double the amount of heavy oil sands being processed, this spill raises questions about the long-term safety and reliability of BP's new, expanded production at Whiting," they wrote.
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has lit into BP for the oil leak into Lake Michigan, where cleanup efforts continue.
Customers of BP could be in line for a few bucks, if they unknowingly bought tainted gasoline last summer.
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Complaints ran the gamut but included selling narcotics, shots fired, and criminal trespassing. It all stemmed from the area that's supposed to be empty.
Fed-up neighbors showed video to CBS 2, saying it has been happening since last week in their Belmont Cragin community.
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Fed-up neighbors showed video to CBS 2, saying it has been happening since last week in their Belmont Cragin community.
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ComEd claimed one woman owed almost $10,000 on what was supposed to be a bill for $49.20.
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This year's class from Northwestern University sat front row for lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic and now a measles outbreak.
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CEO Scott Kirby said the airline was already planning an extra day of training for pilots starting in May and changes in training curriculum for newly hired mechanics.
Brothers opened K's Department Store three quarters of a century ago – and now, one of them has to close it for good.
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Fed-up neighbors showed video to CBS 2, saying it has been happening since last week in their Belmont Cragin community.
Crosetti Brand, 37, was charged Friday in the murder of Jayden Perkins, 11, and the stabbing of his mother.
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