Willing to bet that if everybody talking about this picked up a sponge and flew up to Lake Michigan, there would be no issue within 24 hours. If what we're talking about is protecting the environment, there's your answer.

If we're talking about accountability and punishment, there's no reason that can't be executed in the free market. Buy gas from someone else. You can use [url=http://mybpstation.com/station-finder/]this convenient tool[/url] to find your local BP-using stations -- go elsewhere. If you have done this, and you have done what you can to help clean up the lake (maybe you just send $20, Idunno), then you have as much influence as a single person [i]should[/i] have over the affairs of a corporation. Of course, if you're the only person doing it the results will not be great, but you should reeeeeally be able to muster up a BP boycott brigade by now, there's a lot of hate for that company. 

Believe me, executives respond to changes in their bottom line [b]much[/b] faster than a proposed bill. They can lobby the government but they can't lobby you. Go get 'em. What are you waiting for?