Live Breaking News & Updates on Safety Questions|Page 12
Stay updated with breaking news from Safety questions. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
Safety questions have plagued bp long before this spill. as we reported, employees accused the company of putting profits above the safety of people. for the last four years, they paid for an internal watchdog un unit. tonight we ve learned something pretty starting. bp is trying to eliminate that program. special investigations unit correspondent drew griffin investigates. reporter: for 26 years, jean pascal was a lawyer for the environmental protection agency, investigating and trying to prosecute some of the worst environmental polluters in the northwest, including oil companies in alaska. the worst of the worst, she ....
Safety questions have bla d plagued bp long before this spill. bp has been obviously aware of safety concerns from its workers and for the past four years they ve paid for an internal watchdog to look into the allegations and do something about them. that s what we were told. now we ve learned that they are trying to terminate them. jean pasko was a lawyer for the environmental protection agency, investigating and trying to prosecute some of the worst environmental polluters in the northwest, including oil companies in alaska. the worst of the worst, she says, is british petroleum. you describe bp as a serial environmental criminal. i have. you believe that? i do. bp has plead guilty to illegally discharging oil in alaska and also faces a criminal complaint, alleging it violated clean air and water laws. ....
They have to angle the drill six to eight miles to the liberty oil reservoir. could anything go wrong? the administration says it will keep a close eye on this. you see the statement here in light of the bp still in the gulf and the safety reforms we are implementing we will also be carefully evaluating the project s proposele for oil spill response, blowout prevention, and other safety requirements that they would be required to meet. bp says if the administration has any questions it will be more than happy, more than happy to answer those safety questions as it goes on, it s a fascinating project, innovative technology but given what is going on in the gulf of mexico, a lot of questions worth asking, and worth trying to get the answers. when we come back, a fascinating conversation with the controversial director oliver stone, here is go one on one he ll talk about war, his own service in vietnam and a new movie that has a take that might ....
To minimize that threat, the coast guard is prepared to set fire to portions of the oil slick. we have details on that and much more from our own brian todd who spoke with the head of the company that leased that well. he is not very happy. he is not, wolf. he is emotional when talking about the response. we have safety questions regarding the operations and what the company is doing to prevent this slick from reaching land. the head of british petroleum pulls no punches on his initial reaction to the disaster. initially i was shocked and angry. actually how thellcould this happen? we got to the question in cnn s exclusive interview with the global ceo, tony hayward. we understand they interviewed the crew. what have they told you about the circumstances and the conditions on the oil rig? i think it s far too early in ....
Plants lie sensed or progressed. do you think that, like france, the united states should also think about nuclear power? i think that the question that is outstanding at least as far as i understand it, is what it s going to become of the wave. perhaps the safety questions can be resolved. i think there s some confidence in the scientific community that that s possible. but the waste is a question that remains to be answered. if it were, it would be like clean coal. if they could clean up the burning of coal, everybody would be happy with that as a solution, too. it s just that there are these sticking points that vice president be haven t been resolved. john kerry and others, senator lieberman, others are going to be introducing legislation next week on climate change and energy, but what they ve been arguing is this is a national security issue, that ....