Texas suing BP for pollution violations

HOUSTON The suit filed by the Texas Attorney General's Office in state court in Austin alleges the BP Texas City refinery, about 35 miles southeast of Houston, spewed hundreds of thousands of pounds of unauthorized pollutants in a "pattern of unnecessary and unlawful emissions."

The state said the emissions were the result of poor operational practices and inadequate maintenance at the refinery.

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