BusinessWeek Green Biz BP Backs Down: Chalk Up a Victory To Local Action
BP Backs Down: Chalk Up a Victory To Local Action
Posted by: Heather Green on August 24
The Chicago Tribune reports that BP, under attack for proposing a massive increase in pollution as part of an oil refinery expansion on the banks of Lake Michigan, has backed down. It’s become a mini cause celeb online, pitting BPs marketing image against its everyday actions.
Local groups, joined by some local politicians and even Eddie Vedder or Pearl Jam, didn’t buy BP’s argument that an increase in dumping ammonium and sludge into the lake was necessary.
“When BP secured its new water permit, federal and state regulators agreed there was not anything the company could do to keep more pollution out of Lake Michigan. Based largely on what BP told them, regulators concluded there is not enough room at the 1,400-acre refinery for the necessary equipment, according to public documents.
“Few complained about the permit while it was under consideration earlier this year, something critics said could be attributed to paltry outreach by BP and Indiana regulators. But following a Tribune story about the project in mid-July, opponents gathered more than 100,000 petition signatures, and a bipartisan group of politicians and celebrities urged BP to back off.”
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The Astrologer: Chartwheel
The Astrologer: Chartwheel
Sun
Sun in Cancer
Sun Sextile Mars
Sun
Just as the sun is the center of the orbit of all the planets in the solar system, it's also the center of you -- your inner fire, the vital energy that will run through you your whole life. It represents your basic, core personality, separate from all the other influences that drive you. Your Sun tells a lot about you, not only your personality itself but your strengths and challenges in life and your purpose here on Earth. That's a lot of meaning and information for one planet to carry! That's why it burns so brightly, with such strength.
You've probably heard the old cliche, 'Hey, baby, what's your sign?' That refers to your Sun Sign -- where the Sun was in the Zodiac at the moment you were born. Even if you think you're not that similar to a description of your Sun Sign, don't be fooled. Some people have complex charts with lots of strong and varied influences that give them multifaceted, even seemingly contradictory personalities. But in general, through the course of your life, you'll move closer to the true meaning and energy of your Sun Sign, because that is the core of you. It embodies who you are, who you're striving to be, the lessons you need to learn and the strengths you already possess to get where you're going in life.
The Sun rules the warmhearted sign of Leo; read about Leo to learn more about this sign and the Sun's influence on it.
Sun in Cancer
Your essential energy is one of empathy, sensitivity and intuitive awareness. Your creativity will manifest primarily through your natural rhythm. You are very cyclic in energy. Your vitality is affected by the Moon cycle, so aligning yourself with the lunar phases, particularly the New and Full Moons, is an effective way of managing your affairs. Once you have aligned yourself with your natural timing, you will find that you can predict how you are going to feel at anytime. Planning events becomes much easier, and will alleviate those moments when you let other people down because of not feeling like doing something you have previously committed to. You are not flaky. In reality, your moods are very much regular, quite like a woman's menstrual cycle.
You have a phenomenal memory which when used creatively is a trusty talent to call upon. You store memories emotionally, which means that your logical mind is not required to remember anything. You remember things by how they felt to you. The mood you are in at the time will affect your memory. You are an incredibly sensitive person with alot of affection and caretaking energy to give to others, particularly a partner. You tend to take better care of others than you do yourself though, and you need to be careful that you do not neglect self care.
You are a private person, and you tend to hide your real self behind anything that will give you cover. Your flair for the dramatic, and your imaginational talents, give you plenty of space for maneuver. Your sensitivity is caused by an over-stimulated intuitive sense, which comes to you through your feelings. You tend to pick up on other's emotional energy and this can overload your delicate circuits. Spending plenty of time on your own to brood and be moody is one way of defending yourself from unwanted assaults to your psychic mechanism. It is this that gives you your creative and imaginative abilities.
Using your imagination toward spreading your caring nature into the world, you will fulfil
Sun Sextile Mars
You have plenty of drive and energy to maintain your individuality. You have enough strength to bring about a positive and genuine activation of the self in any activity. Your individuality combines well with your willpower, and the two can manifest in constructive and creative ways. Your sexual drive is well integrated into who you are are, and you express you passion easily. This aspect helps to keep you vital and vivid, making your whole life experience energized and powerful.
Sun
Sun in Cancer
Sun Sextile Mars
Sun
Just as the sun is the center of the orbit of all the planets in the solar system, it's also the center of you -- your inner fire, the vital energy that will run through you your whole life. It represents your basic, core personality, separate from all the other influences that drive you. Your Sun tells a lot about you, not only your personality itself but your strengths and challenges in life and your purpose here on Earth. That's a lot of meaning and information for one planet to carry! That's why it burns so brightly, with such strength.
You've probably heard the old cliche, 'Hey, baby, what's your sign?' That refers to your Sun Sign -- where the Sun was in the Zodiac at the moment you were born. Even if you think you're not that similar to a description of your Sun Sign, don't be fooled. Some people have complex charts with lots of strong and varied influences that give them multifaceted, even seemingly contradictory personalities. But in general, through the course of your life, you'll move closer to the true meaning and energy of your Sun Sign, because that is the core of you. It embodies who you are, who you're striving to be, the lessons you need to learn and the strengths you already possess to get where you're going in life.
The Sun rules the warmhearted sign of Leo; read about Leo to learn more about this sign and the Sun's influence on it.
Sun in Cancer
Your essential energy is one of empathy, sensitivity and intuitive awareness. Your creativity will manifest primarily through your natural rhythm. You are very cyclic in energy. Your vitality is affected by the Moon cycle, so aligning yourself with the lunar phases, particularly the New and Full Moons, is an effective way of managing your affairs. Once you have aligned yourself with your natural timing, you will find that you can predict how you are going to feel at anytime. Planning events becomes much easier, and will alleviate those moments when you let other people down because of not feeling like doing something you have previously committed to. You are not flaky. In reality, your moods are very much regular, quite like a woman's menstrual cycle.
You have a phenomenal memory which when used creatively is a trusty talent to call upon. You store memories emotionally, which means that your logical mind is not required to remember anything. You remember things by how they felt to you. The mood you are in at the time will affect your memory. You are an incredibly sensitive person with alot of affection and caretaking energy to give to others, particularly a partner. You tend to take better care of others than you do yourself though, and you need to be careful that you do not neglect self care.
You are a private person, and you tend to hide your real self behind anything that will give you cover. Your flair for the dramatic, and your imaginational talents, give you plenty of space for maneuver. Your sensitivity is caused by an over-stimulated intuitive sense, which comes to you through your feelings. You tend to pick up on other's emotional energy and this can overload your delicate circuits. Spending plenty of time on your own to brood and be moody is one way of defending yourself from unwanted assaults to your psychic mechanism. It is this that gives you your creative and imaginative abilities.
Using your imagination toward spreading your caring nature into the world, you will fulfil
Sun Sextile Mars
You have plenty of drive and energy to maintain your individuality. You have enough strength to bring about a positive and genuine activation of the self in any activity. Your individuality combines well with your willpower, and the two can manifest in constructive and creative ways. Your sexual drive is well integrated into who you are are, and you express you passion easily. This aspect helps to keep you vital and vivid, making your whole life experience energized and powerful.
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