Company whose rig caused biggest oil spill in US history rewards executives for “best year in safety performance”.

via Al Jazeera English:

Transocean Ltd., the owner of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig that exploded off the Gulf of Mexico last year, has given its top executives bonuses for achieving the “best year in safety performance in our company’s history”, despite the blast that killed 11 people and spilled 200 million gallons of oil into the ocean.

More at the link. The words “best year in safety performance” made my head spin, considering the reports of workers affected by cancer after participating in the clean up. Not to mention the loss of human and animal/ plant life as a result of the spill.

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