The BP spill in the Gulf: One year later
“It’s been called the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history, and rightfully so, if for no other reason than because, one year later, the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is like the nightmare gift that keeps on giving, some experts are saying.”
Fishermen scoop up oil sludge on the coast of Dalian, China on July 26, 2010.
(AP Photo/Greenpeace, Jiang He)
LONDON - BP chief executive Tony Hayward is expected to quit imminently with a payoff of up to $18.5 million despite being lambasted over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, British media reported Monday.
The size of the payoff, which must be agreed to at a BP board meeting in London on Monday,….
…Hayward’s reported payoff is the equivalent of one year’s salary plus a guaranteed pension.
A comment from this page: “Another equipment failure today. The well is spewing it’s toxic ooz at it’s maximum capacity again. We are witnessing the birth of a new dead sea.”
