Yes I am aware, they take quite a hit on the PR for that in this city. I even saw some gas flaring there driving on the skyway over X-mas, which I thought was illegal but apparently not in Indiana (or the fines so trivial it makes business sense). Not sure if that was BP or one of the other industrial ops there though. Sure looked pretty at night, but wouldn't want to raise any kids near there breathing in that crap.

I'm sure all big oil, like any industrial/chemical company does its fair share of polluting. At least BP recognizes that their business model is going to change in the next couple of decades and is making adjustments and investments. From the looks of it all the big American oil co's are in denial except for Marathon. Can't wait to see what kind of ridiculous lobbying/stunts the big boys try to do when the ship has left and they can't reproduce their peak profitability.