WHITING, Ind. (ADAMS) – One of the world’s largest oil companies will payout millions of dollars in a lawsuit settlement.
Environmental groups accused a BP refinery in Northwest Indiana of breaking the law by polluting the air with dangerous levels of particulate pollution.
BP agreed to pay $2.75 million dollars as part of the settlement. Nearly $2 million dollars of the money will go to a U.S. Treasury fund to be used for Clean Air Act enforcement.
$1 million dollars will go to organizations for environmental projects while a non-profit group that will plant trees and a school district that will install air filters will each receive $50,000 dollars.
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