KEYSTONE PIPELINE XL: CANADA TO UNITED STATES The Canadian company Trans Canada hopes to begin building the northern section of an oil pipeline that would trek close to 2000 miles from Alberta‚ Canada to the Gulf Coast of Texas. If constructed the pipeline known as Keystone XL will carry one of the dirtiest fuels tar sands oil. Along its route from Alberta to Texas this pipeline could devastate ecosystem‚ pollute waste resources and jeopardize public health. Giant oil corporations invested in Canadas
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William Voisin Professor Mazpule Psyc. 2001 June 5th‚ 2013 BP (Beyond Petroleum) focuses on sustainability 1) Based on the history of the company‚ why did BP get involved in so much questionable conduct? The reason why BP got involved in so much questionable conducts is because at first they didn’t want to spend the money on fixing the stuff. They have been ignoring all these red flags and at the end they ended up spending much money. They could of saved a lot of money if they had fixed
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to launch an intensive construction plan to create this direct access pipeline. As stated previously‚ the United States is trying to invest in their domestic crude oil production to cut the cost of importing crude oil from the middle east and other areas. Theoretically‚ the managerial approach to public administration contends
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9-21-11 BP vs. Exxon The BP oil spill is the most resent oil incident. The oil spill was really big and caused a lot of mess and damage to nature. It killed a lot of animals and fish and made the water dangerous. BP says that they were working hard to clean the oil up. They were taking a really long time. BP has responded to todays US Government report into last year’s Deepwater Horizon accident‚ it says
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BP Oil Spill Chait‚ J‚ (2010). Dear Leader. New Republic‚ 241(10)‚ 2-2. Retrieve June 21‚ 2010‚ from Academic Search Premier. This article discusses the present oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The president’s has not changed the Minerals Management Service. In reality‚ the federal government has no agency tasked with capping undersea oil leaks. All the necessary equipment‚ along with the expertise for operating it‚ resides with the private sector. BP will likely bear the full cost of the spill;
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BP oil spill is ranked as the largest environmental disaster in the world history. As the oil from BP spill washes ashore‚ people on Gulf Coast are suffering huge damages they have never met before. The U.S. government estimates that up to 60‚000 barrels of oil a day are spewing out from the damaged BP drilling rig to Gulf of Mexico. It has ruined the shoreline‚ killed animal and sea life‚ threaten the ecosystem and harmed the tourism and fishing in Louisiana. After the spilling happened‚ US government
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In the wake of the disaster in the gulf American citizens have a plethora of questions. Why would BP engage in risky practices that could endanger the area where the company makes its profit? Who is responsible for ensuring that the citizens of the Gulf Coast region are protected when companies like BP place profit above people? As this drama plays out on American television screens one must realize that the only check to the power of private companies is the American government which is charged
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Apartment Maintenance I stood as far away as I possibly could while my dad cut the pipe; dark brown sludge and waste spewed everywhere‚ landing on every recipient within distance. Never in my life did I look around and seriously realize my good fortune. Becoming conscious of the differences in my way of life compared to those who live in low income neighborhoods did not occur to me until I had the experience of managing and maintaining an apartment complex. Indeed‚ it was a maintenance issue at my father’s apartment complex
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and approximately 49 wells producing oil in the Gulf of Mexico. “ By the 1950s’ the United State government began responding to increased concerns regarding offshore jurisdictions‚ environmental impacts of offshore activities‚ economic factors and safety(Mastrangelo 3)” This led to legislative and regulatory issues that
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Political – Legal Settlements: After the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico‚ BP faced many different legal settlements that were enforceable by court. Many of these settlements were in order to enhance the safety of drilling for oil in the Gulf of Mexico. BP worked to solve the federal criminal claims that came from the Oil Spill‚ and eventually pleaded guilty of 11 felony counts‚ related to the loss of 11 lives. Many other misdemeanor counts under different acts including: the Clean
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