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Whistleblowers: BP Knowingly Poisoned Oil Cleanup Crew

April 30, 2013 7:00 AM2 comments
Whistleblowers: BP Knowingly Poisoned Oil Cleanup Crew

Do you remember the Deepwater Horizon disaster of 2010? It was all over the news for months and months… and then seemed to simply disappear from the media once BP announced they’d stopped up the gushing oil well. Whistleblowers are claiming that’s no mistake — and in a recent report [...]

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Oil sheen persists at site of Deepwater Horizon rig disaster

December 19, 2012 7:22 PM0 comments
Oil sheen persists at site of Deepwater Horizon rig disaster

The Gulf of Mexico still has a sheen on the surface of its waters and unfortunately, underwater inspections using robot submarines have failed to pinpoint the source, according to officials, as reported by The Associated Press.  The Associated Press writes: The Coast Guard and BP both said the recent inspections confirmed [...]

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Nova Scotia Sells Sea Areas to BP for Oil Exploration

November 18, 2012 10:39 PM1 comment
Nova Scotia Sells Sea Areas to BP for Oil Exploration

Once more, Canadians are feeling the effects of a staunchly pro-fuel administration as BP is awarded Atlantic sea areas in order to locate and excavate offshore oil. In a recent statement, the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board (CNSOPB) revealed that BP, with an impressive $1.05 billion bid, was the successful [...]

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BP Facing $4.5 Billion in Criminal Penalties

November 15, 2012 8:50 PM0 comments
BP Facing $4.5 Billion in Criminal Penalties

It will mostly likely be years before the attorneys at BP are done cleaning up the legal mess that is the Deepwater Horizon disaster, but in what United States Attorney General Eric Holder says is a “critical step forward,” today the British Oil company agreed to a deal with the [...]

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U.S. Gov’t: “BP executives blamed blue collar rig workers to save themselves”

September 7, 2012 10:05 AM0 comments
U.S. Gov’t: “BP executives blamed blue collar rig workers to save themselves”

The very-public war between the U.S. government and British oil giant BP continues this week. The U.S. continues to hurl accusations at the company, and BP continues to be on the defensive. Earlier this week, Reuters reported that the U.S. had filed court documents accusing BP of “willful misconduct and [...]

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US Justice Department calls BP’s Deepwater Horizon disaster “gross negligence and wilful misconduct”

September 5, 2012 10:40 PM1 comment
US Justice Department calls BP’s Deepwater Horizon disaster “gross negligence and wilful misconduct”

A showdown is quietly brewing between the U.S. government and British oil giant, BP PLC. According to Reuters, the U.S. has filed new court papers, describing examples of what it calls “gross negligence and willful misconduct.” Observers say the court filing is the harshest position taken yet by the American [...]

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Greenwash: Tips for spotting genuine green companies

May 18, 2012 6:15 AM0 comments
Greenwash: Tips for spotting genuine green companies

Greenwashing is the general term used to describe the practice of companies who are engaging in what they claim to be environmentally friendly activities, without actually doing so.  A great example of this is BP, the company renamed itself beyond ‘Beyond Petroleum’ and ‘AirBus’ claiming that their A380 provides ‘a [...]

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Two-headed Reptiles, & Other Mutations

April 25, 2012 10:30 AM0 comments
Two-headed Reptiles, & Other Mutations

An animal collector made the news the other day—a two-headed animal collector, in fact. California resident Todd Ray owns what is now believed to be the largest collection of two-headed animals in the world, according to the Huffington Post. Todd recently grew his collection with the addition of a bearded [...]

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Florida votes to spend BP’s Deepwater Horizon fines on Gulf Restoration

December 12, 2011 11:32 PM0 comments
Florida votes to spend BP’s Deepwater Horizon fines on Gulf Restoration

Today a poll was released indicating that 84% of Florida voters support a bill which would see that the fines paid by BP for the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill would be spent on Gulf Restoration. Additionally, the results of the poll indicated that 74% of voters would be likely [...]

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