BP Oil

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — More than five years after the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history fouled beaches, coated seabirds in thick goo and threatened delicate marshes, BP has agreed to pay a record settlement to affected states in hopes of bringing an end to a legal drama that has cost the company billions. […]

Melphine Evans, a high ranking executive at the oil giant British Petroleum (BP), alleges she was fired for wearing her hair in braids and wearing African styled clothing- including a dashiki. Evans claims her supervisors in her former office in Orange County, California said her attire made others feel “uncomfortable”. In the suit she recalls […]