BP will pay a whopping $50 million fine to the feds for chronic safety violations at its notorious Texas City refinery, OSHA announced today. The fine is whopping in terms of previous fines; it’s more ...

BP’s release of massive amounts of carcinogens into the Texas City air has been covered by the media here, but today it’s getting a much larger spotlight. The New York Times looks at the incident, in ...

OSHA proposed a record-breaking $87 million in penalties for BP’s alleged failure to correct serious health and safety standards at its Texas City, Texas, refinery, the location a fatal 2005 explosion ...

TEXAS CITY, Texas — Safety experts for BP PLC warned their bosses of the potential for a “major site incident” 2½ years before an explosion at the company’s Texas City refinery killed 15 people, ...