US Sues BP Over Alaska Spills

摘要

The US government has filed a civil complaint against BP alleging that the Alaskabased company violated US clean air and water laws, the US Justice Department said on Tuesday. The complaint, filed in US District Court in Anchorage, accuses BP of illegally discharging more than 200,000 gallons of crude oil from its pipelines in Prudhoe Bay onto the North Slope of Alaska during two major oil spills in the spring and summer of 2006.