"Obama was top recipient of BP-related dollars in 2008 Washington (CNN) -- As petroleum giant BP comes under congressional scrutiny as its ruptured oil rig pumps thousands of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, its political contributions are being scrutinized, too. The top recipient of BP-related donations during the 2008 presidential election was Barack Obama, who collected $71,000, according to the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics."
"Obama biggest recipient of BP cash BP and its employees have given more than $3.5 million to federal candidates over the past 20 years,with the largest chunk of their money going to Obama "
"U.S. exempted BP's Gulf of Mexico drilling from environmental impact study The Interior Department exempted BP's calamitous Gulf of Mexico drilling operation from a detailed environmental impact analysis last year.."
"Obama admin exempted BP’s Gulf drilling from environmental impact study Obama was the top recipient of donations from BP in 2008, ... He let BP’s gulf drilling be exempt from an environmental study last year. The decision by the department’s Minerals Management Service (MMS) to give BP’s lease at Deepwater Horizon a “categorical exclusion” from the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) on April 6, 2009 — and BP’s lobbying efforts just 11 days before the explosion"
"The Cover-up: BP's Crude Politics and the Looming Environmental Mega-Disaster WMR has been informed by sources in the US Army Corps of Engineers, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and Florida Department of Environmental Protection that the Obama White House and British Petroleum (BP), which pumped $71,000 into Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaignmore than John McCain or Hillary Clinton, are covering up the magnitude of the volcanic-level oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico and working together to limit BP's liability for damage caused by what can be called a "mega-disaster."
"Obama sheltered BP's Deepwater Horizon rig from regulatory requirement Last year the Obama administration granted oil giant BP a special exemption from a legal requirement that it produce a detailed environmental impact study on the possible effects of its Deepwater Horizon drilling operation in the Gulf of Mexico, Federal documents show that the Department of the Interior's Minerals Management Service (MMS) gave BP a "categorical exclusion" on April 6, 2009 "
"Red Flags Were Ignored Aboard Doomed Rig Managers at oil giant BP PLC decided to forge ahead in finishing work on the doomed Deepwater Horizon rig despite some tests suggesting that highly combustible gas had seeped into the well"
"US allowed drilling 'without required permits' Oil spill scandal: an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, with a complaint claims the Department of Interior has approved over 300 drilling operations, three large lease sales and over 100 seismic surveys without the required permitsThe approvals by the Minerals Management Service (MMS) included greenlighting the well drilled by the BP-leased Deepwater Horizon rig that exploded on April 20"
"U.S. Said to Allow Drilling Without Needed Permits The federal Minerals Management Service gave permission to BP and dozens of other oil companies to drill in the Gulf of Mexico without first getting required permits "
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