Price fixing, environmental violations, exploding factories... Not a good couple of years for oil giant,
BP. The
nearly $400 million fine and related guilty plea on some environmental charges, will allow BP put to rest both a Federal
price fixing probe as well as investigations of an
Alaskan oil spill and
Texas refinery explosion that
left 14 dead. In addition to the fine, as a condition of their settlement, BP will also remain on probation for three years.
Got off easy if you ask me...
-- MDT
Labels: BP, Clean Air Act, oil, price fixing