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BP, contractors start trial for worst US offshore spill
2013-02-26 01:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A long-awaited trial over the biggest U.S. offshore oil spill began on Monday, with governments, businesses and individuals blaming BP Plc mostly for the 2010 disaster that killed 11 rig workers and spilled 4 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. "Not only was it within BP's power to prevent the tragedy, it was its responsibility," Mike Underhill, a U.S. Justice Department trial attorney, said at the trial over legal culpability for the blowout and spill. The trial is being held with...
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