that the chemicals dumped into the area as an ill-thought-out solution have made many of them sick. But what about the ocean itself that has been treated as an experimental chemical dump by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and corporate giant BP? Turns out‚ according to new research from the Georgia Institute of Technology and Universidad Autonoma de Aguascalientes (UAA) in Mexico‚ the two million gallons of the dispersant Corexit which the EPA dictated had to be used to supposedly clean up
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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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meet short-term debt requirements‚ BP was more able to meet their short term debt obligations in 2005 than 2004. From 2001 to 2003 the current ratios were 1.0767‚ 0.9733‚ and 0.9600 respectively. In 2001‚ 2002‚ and 2004‚ BP?s current liabilities were greater than current assets‚ indicating that BP may have faced some difficulty in meeting short-term debt obligations during these years. In 2003 and 2005 the current ratios were greater than 1‚ representing that BP?s current assets were greater then
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External and Internal Environmental Analysis Charles Johnson STR 581 January 9‚ 2013 Professor Virginia Green External and Internal Environmental Analysis Theez Doggs is a start-up restaurant in the City of Inglewood‚ CA. The restaurant industry is very competitive industry. A wide variety of foodservice businesses exist to generate profits from the sale of their products and services to travelers and area residents. Thousands operate in the Los Angeles area. In this paper‚ I will identify
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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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The 2010 BP oil spill that took place on the BP-operated Macondo Prospect claimed 11 lives‚ and is considered to be the largest marine oil spill in the petroleum industry’s history. The spill flowed continuously for 87 days until it was declared to have been contained on 15th July 2010 and finally sealed on 19th September of the same year (BP‚ 2013). However‚ unconfirmed reports indicate that some of the well sites continue to leak (Pulham‚ Hilaire & Fenn‚ 2010). The spill took a physical and psychological
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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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The British Petroleum Company‚ Business Culture and Global Competition George Enclarde Jones International University / BBA110 Abstract To try and understand how business is conducted form a global perspective‚ I used British Petroleum as a model in this paper‚ along with the research of other international companies and government agencies. Let’s consider the idea of small businesses around the globe competing and evolving into major players in the global economy. The U.S. and E.U. guidelines
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Big 5 Sporting Goods External and Internal Environmental Analysis Big 5 Sporting Goods (Big 5) has operated within the sporting goods industry‚ predominantly in the western United States‚ for over 50 years (Hoovers‚ 2013). To understand the organizational structure and strategic path chosen by Big 5‚ it is critical to analyze various factors found within its external and internal environments. Big 5’s external environment includes remote‚ industry‚ and operating factors whereas the internal environment
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Analysis of the British Petroleum (BP ) industry environment 2007 Page : 1 Introduction BP Petroleum operates in different countries . It faces many threats according to Porter ’s Five Forces Model . The threats according to Porter comes from suppliers bargaining power ‚ buyers bargaining power ‚ threat of substitutes ‚ threat of new entrants in the market and threat of competition . These forces vary in its power and depend in different time periods for the same industry and the significant
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