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Suing Arizona Is Just the Beginning, Immigrant Rights Groups Say
Under Arizona's SB 1070 law, police officers are allowed to question anyone suspected of being undocumented.
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Alyeska CEO Resigns Following Truthout Exposé
Kevin Hostler, the chief executive officer of Alyeska Pipeline, informed employees at the company Wednesday morning that he "plans to retire to Houston and to spend time with his …
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Dangerous Cost Cuts at Alyeska Pipeline: “Yet Another Example of How BP Runs Things“
Over the past several months, Alyeska Pipeline and the company's Chief Executive Officer, Kevin Hostler, have been under intense scrutiny by a Congressional oversight committee and an independent investigator, …
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BP’s Ombudsman Gave Congress Wrong Information About Employee Retaliation
Over the past year, BP's office of the ombudsman has been presented with dozens of safety concerns and evidence that would appear to support claims of widespread retaliation against …
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EXCLUSIVE: Documents, Employees Reveal BP’s Alaska Oilfield Plagued By Major Safety Issues
Nearly 5,000 miles from the oil-spill catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico, BP and its culture of cost-cutting are contributing to another environmental mess. According to internal …
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Ex-EPA Officials: Why Isn’t BP Under Criminal Investigation?
(Illustration: Lance Page / Truthout) Why hasn't the government launched a criminal investigation into BP? That's the question several former Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officials …
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How Bush’s DOJ Killed a Criminal Probe Into BP That Threatened to Net Top Officials
Mention the name of the corporation BP to Scott West and two words immediately come to mind: Beyond Prosecution. West was the special agent-in-charge at the Environmental …
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Study Links Soaring Oil and Gas Profits to Lobbying, Political Expenditures
While a growing number of Republicans are on the record backing an end to oil and gas subsidies, key Republican committee members continue to bluch such efforts, including House …
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OSHA: Safety Violations at BP’s US Refineries Endanger Employees’ Lives
British Petroleum's (BP) troubles are not just limited to its Gulf of Mexico operations, where a deadly blast aboard a drilling rig two weeks ago ruptured an oil well …
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Whistleblower: BP Risks More Massive Catastrophes in Gulf
British Petroleum (BP) has broken federal laws and violated its own internal procedures by failing to maintain crucial safety and engineering documents related to one of the firms other …