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Whistleblower Sues to Stop Another BP Rig From Operating

BP Atlantis, image at Flickr*

By Abrahm Lustgarten
ProPublica

A whistleblower filed a lawsuit today to force the federal government to halt operations at another massive BP oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico, alleging that BP never reviewed critical engineering designs for the operation and is therefore risking another catastrophic accident that could “dwarf” the company’s Deepwater Horizon spill.

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