Inside Story Americas - A slap on the wrist for BP?

It has been two-and-a-half years since the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded, killing 11 workers and spilling nearly five billion barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. Now, oil giant BP has reached a settlement with the US government. The company agreed to pay $4.5bn - the largest criminal fine in US history - in an attempt to resolve charges related to its oil spill. Although this is a record-setting penalty, it is one the company can comfortably afford to pay. So, as the region continues to suffer, does BP's $4.5bn settlement go far enough?

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[foresakenlion]

The lady said, that's on the courts... right so the elite oil will pass the buck to the courts and then threaten them to pass the pain to you, be it Communist or Nazi, Democrat or Republican that's how both sides of one big coin will flip it, and they said people that saw this were insane in previous generations and ruined their lives merely for having the ability to think for themselves and calculate it in the plain light of day. When knowledge is the enemy hear come the dark ages.

[aku lah]

... ISRAEL ISREAL TERRORISM....

[THRILLERBILL1]

you suprised?

[THRILLERBILL1]

LIKE WE ARE SUPRISED

[Miguel Paredes]

that money should went to Mexico

cuz it was in our territory

[rkanigoski]

I know right! And I watched a guy go to jail for 10 days for not being able to pay a fine for running a stop sign. LOL

[SpaceTimeContinuums]

Falkland Oil and Gas Limited - finds GAS !!! OIL is next !!! Buy Buy Buy on LSE

[EwE Whisperer]

That shit is known to cause cancer in california.Petroleum products and or mass oil spills that is.

[EwE Whisperer]

Slap on the wrist for BP .Horrible pollution for the whole world.Future generations are going to be swamp things...Thanks greedy rich people who force GMO's on the majority.While you avoid it ...

[jay sliccbacc]

halliburton ??? imagine that G W bush had his greedy hands in this