Local diesel emission reduction grants available

South Shore Clean Cities, BP's Whiting Refinery and a host of environmental groups are partnering to provide grants aimed at improving air quality in Lake County.

Advocacy group hosts training seminars on planned BP air monitors

HAMMOND | A local environmental justice group and a California-based organization gathered Tuesday to teach residents living near BP's Whiting Refinery how to read air quality monitors to be installed there next year.

Seminars to teach public how to read upcoming BP air quality monitors

HAMMOND | A local environmental justice group is hosting two seminars next week aimed at teaching stakeholders how to access and analyze data from air quality monitors set to be installed at BP Whiting Refinery next year.

BP project conclusion will involve big layoffs

WHITING | The $3.8 billion BP Whiting refinery project is set to wrap up later this year and layoffs of involved construction workers are expected.

BP sues companies, claiming defects

HAMMOND | BP is suing five companies associated with a fireproofing material used in its multibillion-dollar modernization project at the Whiting Refinery.

BP agrees to expand Whiting Refinery pollutant monitoring

HAMMOND | Leaders from the BP Whiting Refinery and two environmental justice groups said Thursday they reached a deal to expand pollutant monitoring provisions beyond the requirements from a consent decree filed in federal court earlier this year.

Public hearing planned for revised BP refinery permits

The Indiana Department of Environmental Management is hosting a public hearing Thursday on draft permits for BP Products North America Inc.'s Whiting Refinery.

Lake budget time is reminder of tax reforms

CROWN POINT | Local government's financial affairs aren't on the rocks yet, but Lake County's elected officials can hear the roar of the breakers -- the circuit breakers.

GOP lieutenant governor candidate promotes business

CROWN POINT | The Republican plan to revive Northwest Indiana's economy involves creating a rising tide of new jobs and investment for the entire state.

Three injured in BP Whiting Refinery flash fire

WHITING | Officials at the BP Whiting Refinery are leading an investigation to figure out the root cause of a "brief flash fire" that sent three contract workers to the hospital Tuesday night.

Heavy crane shipment heading to BP Whiting Refinery

A mammoth shipment to the Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor will keep workers busy this week as they handle components of a large crane soon heading to the BP Whiting Refinery, local and state port officials said.

Whiting hosts three-day historical preservation conference

WHITING | Authors, scholars and history buffs from across the nation will converge downtown Wednesday for the start of a three-day conference on the importance of preserving the past.

BP Whiting Refinery to detail project for E.C. waterway district board

EAST CHICAGO | The BP Whiting Refinery will make a presentation to the East Chicago Waterway Management District board of directors at 5 p.m. Wednesday at the Annex Building in East Chicago City Hall.

Albertan leader seeking support on energy trade

The top government official from the Canadian province of Alberta was in Chicago this week to tout the importance of trade relationships between Canada and the United States.

IDEM approves BP wastewater permit

WHITING | BP's request for a variance in the amount of mercury the Whiting Refinery can discharge in its wastewater has been approved by the state.

USW, BP avert strike on 3-year tentative deal

Negotiators from the United Steelworkers and the lead company bargaining on behalf of oil refiners reached a tentative agreement Tuesday on a new three-year labor contract.

USW Local authorizes strike against BP Whiting Refinery

United Steelworkers Local 7-1 has alerted the BP Whiting Refinery it has authorized its members to strike as of 11:59 p.m. Tuesday when the current three-year contract is expected to expire, The Times has learned.

Public hearing Dec. 15 on BP's mercury discharge plan

The Indiana Department of Environmental Management is hosting a Dec. 15 public hearing on the draft proposal it approved for the BP Whiting Refinery to deviate from current rules on how much mercury can be in its wastewater discharge.