Yesterday, the Alliance for the Great Lakes filed a petition asking the Indiana Office of Environmental Adjudication to block BP's permit and asks that opponents be given a chance to appeal the permit. "Group asks state to reopen BP case," http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070815/LOCAL/708150518

From the number of mentions in the articles about BP today, Obama is making news by advocating for Great Lakes protection in Congress. The text of the letter Obama sent to Barbara Boxer yesterday about the BP situation appears in this following article: "Obama Calls on EPW Committee to Examine Approved Lake Michigan Pollution," http://www.allamericanpatriots.com/48728814_barack_obama_barack_obama_obama_calls_epw_committee_examine_approved_lake_michigan_pollutio

What is the upshot of the meeting in Chicgao? Two views:

"Refinery plans to get 2nd look,"  http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070816/LOCAL19/708160471/-1/LOCAL17

"BP to reconsider permit on refinery," http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-bpmeeting16aug16,1,1178618.story

The Great Lakes Guy discusses the outcome and situation leading up to the meeting with BP officials in Chicago last night, calling it a federally organized "BP codling session", and bemoans the fact that no-one seemed to offer the easiest alternative to additional discharges as a solution – no additional discharges. http://greatlakesguy.blogspot.com/2007/08/feds-organize-bp-coddling-session.html