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BP fined $373m by US government |
| Home | (BBC News) - The US Department of Justice has said that oil giant BP will be fined a total of $373m (£182m), for environmental crimes and committing fraud. The fines include $50m relating to a Texas refinery explosion in 2005 that killed 15 people and injured 180 more. That sum is the highest fine of its kind levied under the Clean Air Act. |