Photo via SymonSez To all those who’ve voiced concern that the federal government is just being too hard on poor ol’ BP (here’s looking at you Rep. Barton), perhaps you should take note of the following: There’s a reason that BP needs to be held accountable for considerable damage its caused. It’s called gross negligence, and not just in beginning a deep-water drilling operation it had no contingency plan for — but also in cases like that its Texas oil refinery, where safety protocol was treated like a joke, and subsequently, a 2005 explosion left 15… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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BP Fined a Record $50 Million for Texas Refinery Explosion
