In a new report for WBEZ, Michael Puente looks at how the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is affecting the debate over BP's ever-expanding refinery in Whiting, Indiana -- just across the Illinois border on Lake Michigan.  At one point, he quotes the Natural Resources Defense Council's Ann Alexander putting the Whiting expansion in context:

"It’s difficult to say what specific impact the Gulf spill will have on BP Whiting. What we do know in both cases is that BP very sharply and steeply cut corners. They cut corners on the environment and safety in order to enhance the speed of their projects and the profit that they expected to make. In both cases the results are severely problematic to say the least."

You can learn more about how they "cut corners" here.