Lawmaker wants 7-year BP lease ban

George Miller: US lawmaker wants to ban BP from offshore lease sales.

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Noah Brenner

 30 June 2010 20:24 GMT

A US lawmaker wants to ban BP from leasing any additional offshore acreage for seven years because of what he termed “its extensive record of serious worker safety and environmental violations”







Representative George Miller told Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and Bureau of Ocean Energy boss Michael Bromwich that a company’s safety record should factor into leasing decisions and that BP was not fit to grant additional leases.

“British Petroleum has a flagrant history of taking risks to boost profits that has resulted in deaths of workers, destruction of the environment, and economic chaos in local communities,” Miller said in remarks a hearing on new legislation aimed at preventing offshore blowouts.

“Serial violators ought to face consequences, and one of those consequences should…

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