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Deepwater Horizon Victims Ready for Epic Court Battle With BP
Business  (tags: BP, Deepwater Horizon, corporate, pollution, legal case, corruption, ethics, energy, environment, dishonesty, business, society, news, government )

Cal
- 91 days ago - guardian.co.uk
Trial to establish cause and fault for the worst oil spill in US history is set to begin in New Orleans federal court on Monday
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Judge Rules BP Not Negligent in Alaska Spill
Business  (tags: pollution, humans, environment, business, BP, liabilities, {environment, law, society, oil, politics, news, money, ethics, corporate )

Cal
- 150 days ago - uk.reuters.com
A federal judge ruled that BP was not negligent in the case of a 2009 oil spill and did not violate the terms of its probation from an earlier accident thus escaping further punishment.
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BP Loses Two Oil Spill Rulings
Business  (tags: corporate, corruption, oil, politics, law, lawsuits, BP, BP Oil Spill, pending litigation, usa, money, news, economy )

Cal
- 192 days ago - latimes.com
BP has lost two big rulings in its fight to shield itself from potentially having to pay billions of dollars more in damages related to the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history.
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BP Agrees to Pay Texas $50 Million for Pollution
Business  (tags: business, corporate, corruption, pollution, BP, law, money, news, oil, politics, environment, economy, abuse, energy )

Cal
- 204 days ago - uk.reuters.com
BP Plc's U.S. subsidiary has agreed to pay $50 million in civil penalties to the state of Texas for pollution from its Texas City refinery, including the deadly March 2005 explosion, state Attorney General Greg Abbott said
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BP Getting $13 Billion Tax Break? {TAKE ACTION}
Business  (tags: abuse, business, corporate, corruption, dishonesty, economy, energy, ethics, money, BP, taxes )

Kathy
- 396 days ago - planetsave.com
Last Wednesday, it was determined that BP would be getting $13 billion in tax credits. It is not clear if BP is even going to pay any taxes at all or if it will actually get money from the government after this.
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Video, Txt & PBS Interview: Deepwater Horizon Widow, Still Struggling With Loss, Being Sued By Transocean
Business  (tags: BP Gulf disaster, Deepwater Horizon, 11 workers killed, Jason Anderson, widow, loss, struggle, pending lawsuit, Transocean, suing victims' families, liability, financial compensation, BP )

PeasantDi
- 397 days ago - piersmorgan.blogs.cnn.com
Transocean lawsuit against Anderson & her kids -& other victims' families- seeks to limit liability & $ compensation via outdated technicality in law meant to protect shipping interests 160 yrs ago, not a Swiss corp today. They choose court & lawyers, too
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BP Sues Halliburton Over Oil Spill, Alleges Fraud
Business  (tags: oil, politics, news, money, BP, BP oil spill disaster, marketing, finance, business, corruption, corporate )

Cal
- 401 days ago - timesofindia.indiatimes.com
BP Plc has filed a lawsuit against Halliburton, the company that cemented the blown-out well which caused the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, a day after claiming $40 billion from rig owner Transocean.
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BP to Feinberg: Stop Paying People So Much
Business  (tags: BP, Kenneth Feinberg, oil spill claims administrator, Gulf of Mexico, gulf spill, oil pollution, Gulf Coast Claims Facility website, BP's comments infuriating )

Judy
- 462 days ago - switchboard.nrdc.org
Today, news reports revealed that the oil conglomerate filed comments stating BP claims administrator Ken Feinberg has been way too generous with his payments to people in the Gulf.
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BP's Former Head of Drilling Picks Up £1m Golden Hello at Petrofac
Business  (tags: bp, exploration, production, oil company )

Deena
- 505 days ago - guardian.co.uk
BP's head of exploration and production at the time of the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster has secured himself a job as a senior director in another oil company - complete with £1m "golden hello".
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BP Won't Be Quitting US Or Deep Water Drilling - CEO Dudley
Business  (tags: US, BP, Oil, Water, business )

Water
- 578 days ago - nasdaq.com
LONDON -(Dow Jones)- BP PLC (BP) won't quit its businesses in the U.S. and must keep drilling for oil in deep water in the Gulf of Mexico despite the damage to its reputation wrought by the huge oil spill there this summer, the company's new Chief Executi
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BP Oil Pipeline In Alaska Could Be The Next Disaster [Video] ! URGENT ALERT !
Business  (tags: abuse, business, corruption, dishonesty, economy, energy, environment, ethics, finance, government, money, oil, usa, world, Alska, Trans-Alaska Pipeline, oilspill, oil spill, BP, gulf spill, gulf, disaster )

Daniel
- 625 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
The Trans-Alaska Pipeline... an 800-mile oil transport tube. Although the pipeline was an extraordinary engineering feat when built over 30 years ago, its age is now seen as an extreme risk considering allegations that BP is sacrificing...to save money.
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TAKE ACTION! BP Trust Fund Not So Trusty
Business  (tags: business, corporate, obama, corruption, BP, dishonesty, news, money, government, ethics, usa, abuse )

Cal
- 639 days ago - citizen.org
URGE PRESIDENT OBAMA TO FIX THE FUND--Unfortunately, the details of the fund reveal a plan that could threaten full compensation for victims and potentially benefit BP by creating an incentive to continue, and maybe even expand, risky oil production in th
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BP Rejects Claims It Is Hiding Data on Rig Explosion
Business  (tags: corporate, corruption, dishonesty, oil, bp, cover-up )

Rodger
- 641 days ago - bbc.co.uk
Energy giant BP has been accused of hiding key data needed to investigate the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster.
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