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Halliburton admits to destroying evidence in Gulf spill case
A US court has accepted a guilty plea from Halliburton for destroying evidence connected with the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24168384 In a statement, the company said it had agreed to a fine of $200,000 for the unauthorised deletion of a computer record. One of the firm’s employees was also charged on […]
Water safety analysis after BP gulf spill erroneous
An analysis of water, sediment and seafood samples taken in 2010 during and after the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has found higher contamination levels in some cases than previous studies by federal agencies did, casting doubt on some of the earlier sampling methods. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/20/science/earth/new-analysis-of-gulf-oil-spill.html?ref=us The lead author, Paul W. Sammarco of the […]
Dirty Babylon 