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Gulf Coast 'Spillionaires' Cash In on BP Payments
BP got most of the blame for the Gulf oil spill , the worst in US history. The federal government gave the company control over the clean-up, and BP has spent $16 billion so far to make things right. A report by ProPublica , co-published with the Washington Post, says that gusher of money has created profiteers.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readBP got most of the blame for the Gulf oil spill, the worst in US history. The federal government gave the company control over the clean-up, and BP has spent $16 billion so far to make things right. A report by ProPublica, co-published with the Washington Post, says that gusher of money has created profiteers. ProPublica's Kim Barker explains how these "spillionaires" have cashed in while others got much less.
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