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Pull into a BP station this holiday weekend and you may notice a green and yellow starburst over the pump, an image intended to remind you, as you?re emptying your wallet of $20 bills, that at least you?re supporting a green company. BP, after all, was the first oil giant to publicly acknowledge the risks of global warming, back in 1997. The firm has cut its own carbon emissions 10% below 1990 levels and last year established an alternative energies division. It?s investing big money - $8 billion over the next decade - on renewable fuels, such as wind...
...just how socially responsible is BP? The question has come into stark relief following a series of environmental and safety lapses - and, as of this week, Federal charges of price-fixing - which have muddied up the company's carefully cultivated image. In March, BP?s Exploration Alaska subsidiary spilled more than 200,000 gallons of crude oil near Prudhoe Bay, the largest North Slope spill ever. A Federal grand jury is investigating the spill, caused by a rupture in a corroded pipeline, and may bring criminal charges. BP has denied that it acted negligently regarding the spill...
...have mused, "The more one travels, the more one stays in the same place." Indeed, by now, the Interstates' uniform signages - emblazoned with the system's own red-white-and-blue shield icon; others proclaiming speed-limits and upcoming exits; and still others touting McDonald's, Best Western, Exxon, BP, and Wendy's - float through our subconscious like so many branded Jungian archetypes...
...BP,’ as it is called, is by far the most boring part of the day for the pitchers who have the unenviable task of shagging the hitters’ fly balls for forty-five minutes...
...Officer] located a group of UDAs in the area [of Blackknob and Minder streets]. Fifteen UDAs turned over to BP...