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Oil industry trade group takes to D.C. airwaves

By Michael Beckel

Ad campaign by American Petroleum Institute targets D.C. media market, records show.

Excerpts from this story referencing "BP":

"… es more than 500 companies, including major oil companies like ExxonMobil, BP America, Chevron and Shell Oil, as well as smaller suppliers and pipeline …"

As critics press for action, Chemical Safety Board investigations languish

By Jim Morris and Chris Hamby

UPDATED APRIL 18: The U.S. Chemical Safety Board, which probes chemical accidents, is under attack for its slow investigative pace.

Excerpts from this story referencing "BP":

"… st accident the board has investigated was the March 2005 explosion at the BP refinery in Texas City, Texas. Fifteen workers were killed and 180 injured …"

"… ut out eight, including a widely praised, 341-page report on the BP-Texas City explosion. Production has trended down ever since. Last year, …"

Frustrated green groups to sue ExxonMobil, saying Texas regulator isn’t regulating

By Chris Hamby and Elizabeth Lucas

Tired of waiting for state regulators to take meaningful action, two environmental groups are preparing to file a lawsuit against the nation

Excerpts from this story referencing "BP":

"… throat.Following the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico, BP has been widely condemned for its safety and environmental practices, whil …"

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A most favored corporation: Enron prevailed in federal, state lobbying efforts 49 times

By M. Asif Ismail

WASHINGTON, January 6, 2003 — Enron Corp., which ran a formidable lobbying machine in Washington and state capitals, gained favorable treatm

Excerpts from this story referencing "Florida":

"… fore Enron was formed, Lay had some success as a lobbyist. As president of Florida Gas Transmission in the mid-1970s, he pushed for natural gas deregulation. …"

"… gas deregulation. I went around the state and tried to educate all of the [Florida congressional] delegation on the importance of this battle, Lay told Forbe …"

"… O, each gave $100,000 to President Bush’s 2001 inaugural fund. After the Florida voting fiasco, the Lays had given $10,000 to the Bush-Cheney 2000 Recount …"

"… cords show that the Bush campaign used Enron’s corporate jets during the Florida election controversy. Bush’s Recount Fund paid more than $13,000 to Enro …"

Cheney led Halliburton to feast at federal trough

By Knut Royce and Nathaniel Heller

WASHINGTON, August 2, 2000 — Under the guidance of Richard Cheney, a get-the-government-out-of-my-face conservative, Halliburton Company ove

Excerpts from this story referencing "BP":

"… defrauded by Tyumen in an unrelated dispute.One of the aggrieved firms was BP-Amoco, the largest oil and gas producer in the United States. It and the o …"

"… tively “stolen” a vast oil field in which they held substantial equity.BP-Amoco commissioned a private investigative report on Tyumen, which was sli …"

"… Im about its own material on Tyumen in December and told the bank that the BP-Amoco investigative report “tracked” with its own information.“Crimi …"

"… that there was “no evidence to support the allegations” raised in the BP-Amoco report, which he said included links to Russian organized crime. He …"

For-profit schools with Web, health care classes depend more on federal student aid

By Julie Vorman

For-profit schools that specialize in health care, offer web-based classes, and/or are owned by a publicly-traded company depend most heavil

Excerpts from this story referencing "BP":

"… for FHA insurance fund losses of more than $508,000 (OIG).NATIONAL SECURITYBP, Emirates National Oil Co., and French-based Total each reportedly sold fu …"

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Kuwait contractor could be banned for security lapses

By Julie Vorman

A military contractor providing key services for U.S. soldiers in Kuwait should be banned from future contracts because some of its employee

Excerpts from this story referencing "BP":

"… begin reviewing how effectively the department’s Unified Command handled BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico (OIG congressional testimony).MISC.* FEMA …"

Party machines, lobbyists and special interests: Part three

WASHINGTON, March 2, 2000 — The goal of Texas Governor George W. Bush's advisers in the early days of the campaign was to make him the man t

Excerpts from this story referencing "BP":

"… aced numerous headaches at the company since he came on board in 1996 from BP Amoco. Environmentalists and a number of whistleblowers, who identify them …"

"… , Bush asked him about the decades-long effort by oil companies, including BP Amoco, to open up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas explo …"

The politics of energy: Coal

By Bill Dawson

WASHINGTON, December 3, 2003 — At the first meeting of President George W. Bush's cabinet in 2001, then-Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill dist

Excerpts from this story referencing "BP":

"… ent restrictions on CO2: American Petroleum Institute, Amoco, (now part of BP Amoco), Burlington Northern Railroad, CSX Corp. (another rail company), Do …"

Bush administration kills safety regulation opposed by donors

By Bill Dawson

WASHINGTON, April 11, 2002 — The Bush administration quietly shelved a proposal to tighten regulations on a group of hazardous chemicals des

Excerpts from this story referencing "chemical disasters":

"… rst developed their Process Safety Management (or PSM) standard to prevent chemical disasters in the early 1990s.To choose which reactive chemicals to regulate, OSHA us …"

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