BP employees sued the company over toxic releases at the Texas City refinery in April and May of 2010. The plaintiffs are asking for $10 billion. BP claims the suit has no merit. Their assertion is called into question by a report from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
The commission found the toxic release at the Texas City facility, the nation's third-largest refinery, began April 6, days before the Deepwater Horizon blew up, and ended May 22 — more than a month after the company was saddled with cleaning up with the largest oil spill in U.S. history.
"Based on a review of the incidents that occurred during the past year, there appears to be a pattern of poor operation and maintenance practices," the TCEQ investigation concluded.
First Lord John Browne, then Tony Hayward and now Robert Dudley. As Dudley trained under the two safety skimpers, I expect little change. How much can they profitably get away with?
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