The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has temporarily banned BP from new contracts with the US government. The decision is linked to BP's handling of the 2010 oil spill in Gulf of Mexico caused by problems on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, (this mainly affected the coastline of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama - the NY Times has an interactive map). BP has kindly agreed to pay $4.5bn in fines.
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