BP Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Fri, 03 Jul 2015 05:03:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Oil Spill Costs BP $18.7bn https://www.greenoptimistic.com/oil-spill-costs-bp/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/oil-spill-costs-bp/#respond Fri, 03 Jul 2015 05:03:52 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=55465 The BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill happened in 2010, but BP has only now reached a settlement with the Department of Justice. The agreement states that BP owes $5.5bn to the United States as outlined in the Clean Water Act, and that this money will be paid out over fifteen years. BP must pay $7.1bn […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/oil-spill-costs-bp/feed/ 0 55465 Chevron and BP Ditch Alternative Energy https://www.greenoptimistic.com/chevron-bp-ditch-alternative-energy-20140601/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/chevron-bp-ditch-alternative-energy-20140601/#comments Mon, 02 Jun 2014 01:57:49 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=47801 Despite their fancy and expensive commercials about their dedication to renewable energy, Chevron and BP have decided to pull the plug on solar and wind energy. During one of its We Agree ads, Chevron famously stated, “Renewable energy is vital to our planet. At Chevron, we’re investing millions in solar and biofuel technologies.” To put […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/chevron-bp-ditch-alternative-energy-20140601/feed/ 3 47801 Short Memory – Oil Drilling to Expand in the Gulf of Mexico https://www.greenoptimistic.com/short-memory-oil-drilling-expand-gulf-mexico-20140226/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/short-memory-oil-drilling-expand-gulf-mexico-20140226/#comments Wed, 26 Feb 2014 14:11:58 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=46187 Apparently, oil companies and politicians have really short memories, because oil drilling is about to expand in the Gulf of Mexico. Interestingly, however, the environment doesn’t have such a short memory. The latest Gulf-of-Mexico oil spill, in the aftermath of an explosion onboard the DeepWater Horizon oil drilling platform, took place nearly four years ago. […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/short-memory-oil-drilling-expand-gulf-mexico-20140226/feed/ 3 46187 Marine Life Suffers After DeepWater Horizon Oil Spill https://www.greenoptimistic.com/marine-life-suffers-deepwater-horizon-oil-spill-20131219/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/marine-life-suffers-deepwater-horizon-oil-spill-20131219/#respond Thu, 19 Dec 2013 14:32:22 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=44624 Think “oil spill,” and the first images that may come to mind are a rainbow oil-sheen, tar balls on the beach, and oil-soaked birds. These were just some of the things that we saw after the DeepWater Horizon oil spill, in 2010, but the effects are ongoing. The DeepWater Horizon hasn’t been in the news, […]

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