n a move that boggles the mind, oil giant British Petroleum is suing the
US government for banning it from federal contracts after the deadly
2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. The US
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) citing BP’s “lack of business
integrity,” barred BP last year from competing for new federal contracts
following the catastrophic accident three years ago, which left 11
people dead and sent millions of barrels of oil churning into the Gulf.

Geoff Morrell, BP’s head of U.S. communications said,

”We believe that the EPA’s action here is inappropriate and
unjustified as a matter of law and policy, and we are pursuing our right
to seek relief in federal court. At the same time, we remain open to a
reasonable settlement with the EPA.”

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