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BP pays another fine for Texas refinery

By Amy Biegelsen

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said today it will collect a $15 million fine from BP for Clean Air Act violations, the latest in a

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"… ental Protection Agency said today it will collect a $15 million fine from BP for Clean Air Act violations, the latest in a series of federal government …"

"… e latest in a series of federal government fines and settlements linked to BP’s Texas City, Texas refinery.Between March 2004 and August 2005, a serie …"

"… 15 and injured 170 others. The settlement, which involves allegations that BP failed to tell the EPA about all regulated hazardous air pollutants used a …"

"… ants used at the refinery, must be approved by a federal judge.Last month, BP agreed to pay a $50.6 million fine in a settlement with the Occupational S …"

OSHA urged to get tough with BP in $90 million fine negotiations

By M.B. Pell

Citing a Center for Public Integrity investigation of BP refineries having the most egregious safety violations in the industry, Democratic

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"… ent, the letter said. …"

"… HA) to demand stricter worker safety requirements in its negotiations with BP over $90 million in fines.The plan would help OSHA find problems before th …"

"… ore they erupt in an explosion or other catastrophic incident by requiring BP to report injuries, deaths, and safety incidents that currently go unrepor …"

"… ranken is a member of the panel.Specifically, their proposal would:Require BP to report any “process safety incident” that occurs at a site under th …"

Gas pipeline operators shape and pay for regulators' safety studies

By Eric Nalder

Industry's access to federal agency policing hazards assures influence
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Big oil protects its interests

By Aron Pilhofer

Industry spends hundreds of millions on lobbying, elections

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"… 7 million*), Marathon Oil ($27 million*), British oil giant BP ($24 million*), and British/Dutch behemoth Royal Dutch/Shell Gro …"

Foreign companies pay to influence U.S. policy

By Julia DiLaura

More than $620 million spent lobbying federal government

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"… arded without competition. …"

"… ent and Superfund as it did on oil and gas issues. One likely explanation: BP and its U.S. affiliates are listed as the potentially responsible parties …"

"… nt more than their counterparts in 38* U.S. states during that time period.BP, which ranked 52nd among lobbying groups overall—just ahead of insurance …"

"… e of the debate over the potential profitability of developing the region, BP—like a number of large U.S. oil companies—withdrew from the lobbying g …"

TransCanada lobbying: Company ramps up pressure on lawmakers

By Corbin Hiar

Canadian company that wants to build oil pipeline through six states increases lobbying in Nebraska and Washington, D.C.
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BP to pay $13 million for safety violations at Texas refinery

By Alice Su

Oil giant BP has agreed to pay $13 million to settle safety violations at a Texas refinery that blew up in 2005.

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"… lagrant violations cited by OSHA during the previous three years. …"

"… Hilda Solis said Thursday.The violations stemmed from a 2009 inspection of BP’s Texas City refinery by the Occupational Safety and Health Administrati …"

"… Safety and Health Administration. OSHA conducted the inspection to see if BP had corrected safety problems that led to the 2005 blast, which killed 15 …"

"… in a teleconference with reporters. “This agreement will save lives.” BP has promised to fix all the cited problems in Texas City by the end of thi …"

Detroit refinery expansion adds more Canadian crude, brings more worries

By Jim Morris and Chris Hamby

A conflict in Detroit symbolizes a larger national debate over oil company plans to step up refining of heavier, dirtier crude from Alberta.

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"… th’Five years ago, residents of Whiting, Ind., heard similar claims from BP: After it completed its nearly $4 billion refinery expansion to allow proc …"

"… missions of many pollutants would decrease, the company said. The project, BP said, wasn’t big enough to trigger stricter pollution controls.Staffers …"

"… Council weren’t convinced. After digging through the thousands of pages BP had filed with the state in applying for a permit, the NRDC determined tha …"

"… th over-counted the reductions and undercounted the increases,” she said.BP assumed, for example, that the three new flares — devices that burn off …"

EPA slaps BP but punishes the Pentagon

By R. Jeffrey Smith

Temporary contracting ban may force the military to disentangle itself from its favorite fuel supplier

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"… nmental Protection Agency imposed a new penalty for wrongdoing against the BP oil company on Nov. 28, but it may fall heavily on the Defense Department, …"

"… se Department, an unflaggingly loyal client that has kept buying fuel from BP since the company’s errors caused its well to disgorge nearly 5 million …"

"… many large ones it has with the military. It also leaves the door open for BP to prove that it has reformed itself enough to requalify for federal contr …"

"… t the Pentagon might find itself scrambling if the ban is prolonged, since BP has been the military’s principal single fuel supplier for years and col …"

BP engulfed in lawsuit over 40-day Texas flare

By Kristen Lombardi

Two weeks before the Deepwater Horizon explosion, BP was involved in another major pollution case in Texas.

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"… defined the largest environmental disaster in U.S. history — and sealed BP PLC’s reputation as a corporate polluter.But two weeks before the Deepwa …"

"… 11 workers and spewing millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, BP was spewing a different kind of pollution — in a major case that has rec …"

"… gned to burn only during emergencies. The single “emissions event,” as BP reported it to the state, triggered by an equipment breakdown, lasted 959 …"

"… urt.Overshadowed by the spill, this litigation is also proving tangled for BP. As many as 47,830 residents, plant contractors, and nearby workers — mo …"

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