Oil giant BP has launched legal action against the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for barring the British company from federal contacts.
BP pleaded guilty to charges related to the 2010 oil spill after a rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, with the EPA citing the firm’s “lack of integrity” when handing out the ban last November. The blast killed 11 workers and released an estimated four million barrels of oil into the Gulf. BP is…
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