According to People's World. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has just given British Petroleum a big anniversary gift. "The EPA ruled that the corporation could start bidding on lucrative new oil leases in the Gulf of Mexico after having been suspended from doing any new business with the government ever since the accident.
That suspension was lifted on March 13 less than a week before the yearly government auction for drilling rights. The company whose negligence was responsible for the worst marine oil-spill in history won 43 new leases in the Gulf that is still fouled by million of gallons of unrecovered crude."
This is a betrayal of the purpose of the EPA and makes mockery of its name. President Obama should insist that this suspension be reimposed NOW.