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BP’s First Global Advertising Campaign Since Deepwater Horizon Accused of Being ‘Deceptive and Hypocritical’

BP’s First Global Advertising Campaign Since Deepwater Horizon Accused of Being ‘Deceptive and Hypocritical’  Nearly a decade after being held responsible for the largest marine oil spill in history, BP’s first global advertising campaign in ten years has been denounced as “deceptive and hypocritical”. The global advertising campaign called “we see possibilities everywhere” aims to showcase BP’s efforts to embrace […]

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Trump To Rollback Deepwater Horizon Regulations

Trump To Rollback Deepwater Horizon Regulations The Trump administration is hoping to slash regulations on offshore oil drilling that were implemented after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster that killed nearly a dozen people and led to an oil leak that spewed for months. According to the Wall Street Journal, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental […]

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Deepwater Horizon and our emerging ‘normal’ catastrophes

Deepwater Horizon and our emerging ‘normal’ catastrophes While watching the recently released film “Deepwater Horizon” about the catastrophic well blowout in the Gulf of Mexico that caused the largest oil spill in U.S. history, I remembered the term “fail-dangerous,” a term I first encountered in correspondence with a risk consultant for the oil and gas industry. We’ve […]

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Six Years After Deepwater Horizon: Time For Serious Action

Six Years After Deepwater Horizon: Time For Serious Action Wednesday, April 20th, 2016 will mark the six-year anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion that claimed the lives of eleven men and caused the largest man-made oil spill in history. The cleanup crews abandoned the Gulf Coast years ago, claiming that the damage from the […]

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Why U.S. East Coast Should Stay Off-Limits to Oil Drilling

Why U.S. East Coast Should Stay Off-Limits to Oil Drilling It’s not just the potential for a catastrophic spill that makes President Obama’s proposal to open Atlantic Ocean waters to oil exploration such a bad idea. What’s worse is the cumulative impact on coastal ecosystems that an active oil industry would bring. by carl safina When […]

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Oil from 2010 BP spill found at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico

Oil from 2010 BP spill found at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico A new study suggests that up to 38 million liters of crude oil from the 2010 BP oil spill is resting on the seafloor of the Gulf of Mexico, posing a threat to the local ecosystem. The findings have shed light on where […]

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BP makes $1bn loss as oil prices slump

BP makes $1bn loss as oil prices slump Company faces losses, share-price fall and more fines over Deeepwater Horizon spill with underlying profits likely to take a hit BP has crashed to a $1bn loss in the final quarter of the year as low oil prices and more writedowns hammered its results. Its chief executive, Bob […]

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