Article By David Muller on "M Live"| dmuller@mlive.com
DETROIT, MI - There are piles of petroleum coke, along the Detroit River, by-products of refining tar sands. Land is owned by the Koch Carbon, which Charles and David Koch, own. U.S. Rep. Gary Peters (D - Bloomfield Township) plans to introduce new legislation, to study the potential health and environmental risk factors from petroleum coke storage along the river.
"Petroleum coke can be burned with coal for a cheaper, though dirtier, form of energy. Because of stricter standards by the EPA in the U.S., much of the oil sands byproduct is expected to be exported to Far East countries such as China."
