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Following the BP oil spill in April 2010, did BP respond appropriately? Why/why not? Support with at least one source.

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Q: Following the BP oil spill in April 2010, did BP respond appropriately? Why/why not? Support with at least one source
Not for many years will our country recognize the damaging impact the Deepwater Horizon oil spill has had on our environment and trade industries. The Gulf oil spill denotes economic and biological agony; for the government a political debacle; for oil industries, an unpardonable blemish; and for British Petroleum (BP), an overall failure in their management, credibility, commerce and character. To have an oil spill of this enormity for an international enterprise is unprecedented; BP has found itself on the brink of dissolution with this solitary event; it is unfathomable (Nocerra, 2010).
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