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ProPublica ReportsThe saga of one EPA attorney’s dogged efforts to make BP operate safely... BP's Troubled PastInvestigative reporting and some never-before-published documents Blowout VideoExclusive footage and photos of Deepwater Horizon's final hours InterviewsTop regulators and journalists
the latest April 25, 2012, 11:16 amTwo Years Later, First Criminal Charges Filed in BP Oil Spill Two years after oil from a BP well began gushing into the Gulf of Mexico, the U.S. Department of Justice has filed criminal charges alleging that a former BP employee destroyed critical evidence in the early days of the unfolding disaster. April 19, 2012, 12:42 pmDo We Need a “Death Penalty” for Negligent Oil Companies? Two years after an explosion at BP’s Deepwater Horizon rig killed 11 workers and unleashed more than 5 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, deepwater drilling is back up at the levels it was before the April 20, 2010 accident… Over the past decade, BP vaulted from an energy "also-ran" to one of the biggest companies in the world, gobbling up competitors in a series of mergers that delivered handsome profits for shareholders. But an investigation by FRONTLINE and the nonprofit newsroom ProPublica shows that BP's leadership failed to create a culture of safety in the massive new company. As BP took increasingly big risks to find oil and extract it, the company left behind a trail of mounting problems: deadly accidents, disastrous spills, countless safety violations. Each time, BP acknowledged the wider flaws in its culture and promised to do better. The FRONTLINE/ProPublica investigation shows that the rhetoric was empty. From the refineries to the oil fields to the Gulf of Mexico, BP workers understood that profits came first. (read more »)
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