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US Reaches Pollution Settlement At BP Refinery

AP | Posted 05.24.2012

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WHITING, Ind. (AP) — BP Products North America Inc. has agreed to install $400 million in new air pollution controls at its northwestern Indiana oil...

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Workers of the World Unite -- With Shareholders

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Citi, Trinity Mirror, Rex Tillerson, Citigroup, Sec, Aviva, Bp, Chevron, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Steelworkers, Wells Fargo, Exxonmobil, Usw, United Steelworkers, Dodd-Frank, Astrazeneca, Compass Minerals, 99% Power, Tesoro, Securities and Exchange Commission, Banking, Banks, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

In the wake of Wall Street recklessness that caused economic collapse, Congress gave shareholders and citizens Dodd-Frank to help them constrain self-dealing corporate executives. The 99% Coalition and shareholders are working with those tools even as Republicans vow to take them away.

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Microsoft Taxes Itself to Go Carbon Neutral

Andrew Winston | Posted 05.15.2012

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Andrew Winston

It's innovative and committed, but it also points to a massive global failure of leadership on climate policy. We should put a price on carbon across the entire economy.

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Oil Spill Still Weighing On BP

Reuters | Posted 05.02.2012

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* Q1 replacement cost net ex one-offs $4.80 bln vs f'cast $5.10 bln * To sell 50,000 bbls/day output in Gulf of Mexico ...

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BP Sees a Return to Grandeur as Gulf Fishermen Reel From Disaster

Rocky Kistner | Posted 04.27.2012

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Rocky Kistner

You can expect the media and the airwaves to be clogged with happy talk about the Gulf in the months ahead. We all wish it were true, but the facts -- and perceptions of those toiling in the fisheries -- just don't support it.

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Arrest of BP Engineer Exposes the Smoking Gun?

Robert L. Cavnar | Posted 04.24.2012

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Robert L. Cavnar

Today, the Justice Department arrested a former BP engineer for allegedly destroying hundreds of text messages that included details of flow rate calculations of their blown out Macondo well in the days immediately following the Gulf disaster on April 20, 2010, just over two years ago.

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Make Every Day Earth Day

Natalie Pace | Posted 04.23.2012

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Natalie Pace

Why Bike Power? There are huge physical and fiscal benefits to biking. With obesity on the rise in U.S. children and one out of every three American adults weighing in obese, biking is one way to get America moving again.

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What's Changed About Deepwater Drilling Since Macondo? Not a Lot.

Robert L. Cavnar | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: Energy, Macondo, Bp, Oil Spill, Gulf of Mexico, Oil, Center for Offshore Safety, Offshore Drilling, Bp Oil Spill Anniversary, Green News
Robert L. Cavnar

Tonight at 9:50 p.m. central time marks the anniversary of the exact time that BP's deepwater well named Macondo blew out, killing 11 workers, destroying Transocean's Deepwater Horizon, and putting five million barrels of oil into the water 5,000 feet below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico.

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Birds Strike Biden's Plane

AP | Posted 04.20.2012

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WASHINGTON — Officials say birds struck Vice President Joe Biden's plane as it was landing Thursday night at Santa Barbara Airport in California...

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BP's Gulf of Mexico Disaster: Two Years Later, Where Is The Response?

Philip Radford | Posted 04.20.2012

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Philip Radford

The BP disaster turns two this week. Two years since the nation was reminded that offshore drilling is dirty, dangerous, and deadly. As we look back and assess where we are today, a troubling picture is emerging from the Gulf.

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"Making It Right" After BP Oil Disaster Is Up to Us - Not BP

Riki Ott | Posted 04.20.2012

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Riki Ott

Two years after the BP oil disaster, I ask for people to help make it right -- in the Gulf and across the country. We have the power to stop BP and the federal government from doing more harm. It is time to exercise our power in our communities.

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Gulf Residents To Receive Additional $64 Million For Spill Claims

AP | MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and CAIN BURDEAU | Posted 04.20.2012

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NEW ORLEANS -- Roughly 7,300 residents and businesses harmed by the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico will get more than $64 million in additional ...

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About Leadership: Environmental Issues

Bernie Bulkin | Posted 04.19.2012

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Bernie Bulkin

Some issues are specific to a particular company, a geographic region, or an industry sector. But there are issues that transcend all of these, and t...

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Big Oil's Arctic Bet: A Fool's Risk

David Yarnold | Posted 04.17.2012

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David Yarnold

If there is a spot on Earth as sacred or as critical to the future of our wild birds as the Gulf of Mexico, it is the unspoiled Arctic. The potential harm from a BP-scale spill is almost beyond comprehension.

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WATCH: The Gulf Coast's Ironic Tourism Sponsor

AP | By BETH J. HARPAZ | Posted 04.09.2012

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PENSACOLA, Fla. -- If you've turned on a TV lately, chances are you've seen ads for the Gulf Coast featuring beaches, seafood and friendly faces. But ...

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Mississippi Residents Find Death Along Oily Gulf Shores

Rocky Kistner | Posted 05.29.2012

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Rocky Kistner

As the second anniversary of the worst offshore oil spill in history approaches, the signs are not good that things will return to normal anytime soon.

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BP Refinery Reports Minor Acid Leak

Reuters | Posted 05.27.2012

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* BP, city officials call leak minor * No injuries reported to BP, city officials By Erwin Seba HOUSTON, ...

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Shell's Lawsuit Against Environmental Organizations Courts Disaster

Carol Pierson Holding | Posted 05.21.2012

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Carol Pierson Holding

Shell is suing 12 environmental organizations to preempt legal challenges to exploration in the Arctic Ocean. It's a bully image that can only hurt, and Shell should know better because it's happened to them over and over again.

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BP Accused Of Bribery And Corruption

The Huffington Post | James Gerken | Posted 03.15.2012

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A recent letter to chief executive officer Robert Dudley alleges that bribery and corruption have permeated BP's shipping division for several years, ...

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Dying for Work

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.12.2012

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Leo W. Gerard

Every day, 12 workers die on the job in America -- often because a corporation has defied regulations or ignored standard safety procedures. Many more die prematurely from work exposure to toxic materials.

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Energy Giant Announces Ambitious Oil Discovery Plan

AP | CHRIS KAHN | Posted 05.08.2012

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NEW YORK — Exxon said Thursday that it will spend about $150 billion over the next five years to find more oil and natural gas to satisfy the wo...

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What BP Owes Americans

Jackie Savitz | Posted 05.06.2012

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Jackie Savitz

Given the extreme carelessness of BP and the vast scope of the resulting damage done, a low-end settlement would send the wrong message to BP and the other companies that are drilling in our oceans, telling them that they may not have to pay for future damages they cause.

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Poking a Stick in the Hornet's Nest of Iran

Rizwan A. Rahmani | Posted 04.21.2012

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Rizwan A. Rahmani

When I visited Iran in the late '70s, only months before the Iranian revolution, some of the things I saw took on a different light after the overthro...

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BP Settlement Offers Hope For Victims With Health Concerns

AP | CAIN BURDEAU | Posted 05.04.2012

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BOOTHEVILLE, La. — A settlement that BP is hammering out with victims of the massive Gulf oil spill finally provides a system for monitoring hea...

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BP Begins To Put Oil Spill Behind It With Settlement

AP | JONATHAN FAHEY, CHRIS KAHN and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN | Posted 05.03.2012

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NEW YORK — BP's multibillion-dollar settlement with people and businesses harmed by its 2010 oil spill removes some uncertainty about the potent...

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