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I Thought Getting $4.5 Billion Would Feel A Lot Better Than This

On Nov. 15, BP (the people who brought you the massive 2010 Gulf oil spill) pleaded guilty to a host of charges and agreed to pay a $4.5 billion settlement to the government. Of course something is better than nothing, but how many more disasters are we waiting for before we stop building new pipelines…

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