Comment by OverseerTycho on 07/03/2023 at 01:51 UTC

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View submission: Deepwater Horizon oil spill caused structural damage to Louisiana shoreline by killing its marsh plants — making the coast more vulnerable to storms that may intensify due to climate change

and BP didn’t pay a single cent of the fines levied against them

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Comment by Vixien at 07/03/2023 at 13:32 UTC

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Fines are useless anyway. Just cost of business that is passed onto consumers. Until upper management sees the inside of a cell for destroying the environment, this will never stop.

Comment by 1776Bro at 08/03/2023 at 04:12 UTC

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Didn’t they end up paying nearly 90 billion dollars?

Comment by bit_of_earth at 08/03/2023 at 13:36 UTC

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They’ve paid.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bp-spill-estimates/bp-puts-2010-gulf-of-mexico-penalties-at-62-billion-idUSKCN0ZU2AK

Comment by ColonelTaunTaun at 08/03/2023 at 16:15 UTC

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Please look up the NRDA program implemented under OPA, the RESTORE Trust Fund, and the GEBF administered by NFWF.