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BP this Wednesday issued an internal report on the Deepwater Horizon explosion and spill, effectively pushing away the burden of responsibility for the worst oil-spill disaster in U.S. history. Said Center for Biological Diversity Executive Director Kierán Suckling: "BP is well aware that hundreds of lawsuits and tens of billions of dollars in fines rest on determining who is to blame and whether they were criminally negligent. . . . This accident was caused by a deep flaw in America's oil-drilling system that allowed BP to lease and drill for oil with no environmental review, no safety measures to protect imperiled wildlife, no meaningful spill cleanup plan, no backup blowout preventers, and a complete absence of government regulators from key decision moments such as cementing and pressure-testing the well."
Unfortunately -- but not surprisingly -- the Center recently uncovered proof that the Gulf's Mariner offshore oil platform, which exploded last week, was serving at least three wells that had also received federal exemptions from environmental review. The explosion of this shallow-water platform is the latest evidence of the dangers of offshore drilling, whether it's in deep or shallow waters.
Read more on BP's finger-pointing report in The Christian Science Monitor and Miami Herald. Then check out our press release on the latest Gulf explosion and get more from our Gulf Disaster webpage.
BP report on cause of Gulf oil spill spreads the blame
BP investigation cites multiple failures, but not well's design
Offshore Wells Connected With Exploded Platform in Gulf of Mexico Approved Without Environmental Review
Gulf Disaster
Unfortunately -- but not surprisingly -- the Center recently uncovered proof that the Gulf's Mariner offshore oil platform, which exploded last week, was serving at least three wells that had also received federal exemptions from environmental review. The explosion of this shallow-water platform is the latest evidence of the dangers of offshore drilling, whether it's in deep or shallow waters.
Read more on BP's finger-pointing report in The Christian Science Monitor and Miami Herald. Then check out our press release on the latest Gulf explosion and get more from our Gulf Disaster webpage.
BP report on cause of Gulf oil spill spreads the blame
BP investigation cites multiple failures, but not well's design
Offshore Wells Connected With Exploded Platform in Gulf of Mexico Approved Without Environmental Review
Gulf Disaster