A federal judge in New Orleans recently ruled that BP’s “gross negligence” caused the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 and that the company’s “reckless” behavior made it subject to fines of as much as $4,300 a barrel under the Clean Water Act.
The implication of the new ru
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Frank Uzuegbunam
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