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Re: Guard watches coast for oil slick's first wave
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Originally Posted by SmootSmack
The problem really lies with BP. The gap between them and other oil companies when it comes to safety violations is astounding. I think it's like a 700 violations gap between BP at #1 and Sunoco (with fewer than 10 in the past three years, which is 10 too many of course)
Here's a good read
Renegade Refiner: OSHA Says BP Has “Systemic Safety Problem” - The Center for Public Integrity
But yeah, I definitely agree that had this been during the last administration there would be a lot of stories about the WH's ties to Big Oil. That's neither here nor there at this point though. They could blame me for all I care, just fix the problem |
Good article, problem with the OSHA enforcement is all they can do is levy fines. What's $ 90M to BP, it would cost them more to fix the violations. I'm not arguing it's right, I'm just stating what is.
MMS enforcement could've shut them down but their enforcement efforts are suspect at best, grossly and intentionally negligent at worst.
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