Saturday, May 22, 2010

EPA Could Have Banned British Petroleum (BP) Before Deepwater Horizon Exploded

by magic3400

The EPA had the power to prevent British Petroleum from receiving or profiting from any government contract or grants or leasing any U.S. held territory, prior to the explosion of Deepwater Horizon.[1] The EPA said in a statement that, according to its regulations, it can consider banning BP from future contracts after weighing "the frequency and pattern of the incidents, corporate attitude both before and after the incidents, changes in policies, procedures, and practices."[2] VIDEO - Explosion and Fire on the Deepwater Horizon (if you have surround sound you will get a good understand of the magnitude of the fire) http://channel.nationalgeographic.co...

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