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Judge Approves $4 Billion in Fines for BP in Gulf Disaster Deal

2013-02-01 16:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

EcoWatch: After a ruling earlier this week by a federal judge in New Orleans, BP now holds the record for the largest criminal penalty in U.S. history. The penalty, totaling $4 billion, is strictly related to the criminal conduct of the company that led to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion and oil leak into the Gulf of Mexico. As part of the deal, BP agreed to plead guilty to a total of 14 counts of criminal conduct, which includes charges of felony manslaughter. However, as CNN.com points out,...

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