Environmental groups are aghast at proposed legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives, which they claim is "larded up with giveaways to polluters and corporate donors."
Managers who were onboard the doomed Deepwater Horizon oil rig may face manslaughter charges over the deaths of 11 workers in last year's mega-disaster that swamped the Gulf of Mexico with tar and crude.
Since a blowout preventer cap was placed over BP's damaged oil well in the Gulf of Mexico last weekend, there have been repeated delays in the so-called "well integrity tests" to determine whether the cap can be effective in holding back the oil.
