The Solution Zone - 04/21/11

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Guest One: Jason Leopold -  Deputy Executive Editor Truthout – www.truthout.org

Topic:  BP Still Being Awarded Lucrative Government Contracts – 

- Despite the fact that BP ranks has 53 instances of misconduct since 1995,

- Despite the fact that that BP is under federal criminal investigation and 

- Despite the fact that BP twice violated its probation late last year.

A week before the one year anniversary of the BP Deepwater Horizon Blast -  the worst oil disaster in world history - BP was awarded a 42 million dollar contract from the Defense Logistics Agency, Jason Leopold of Truthout helps to explain how this occurred and also discusses BP’s amazing ability to violate the law, pollute the environment, kill workers and still rake in enormous profits from US taxpayers. Read the full story at www.truthout.org

Guest Two: Greg Palast – Investigative Journalist, Author, Filmaker www.gregpalast.com

Topic: Secret BP Blowout in the Caspian Sea – The Untold Story That Could Have Saved Lives

17 Months before the Deepwater Horizon’s deadly blowout  killed 11 workers in the Gulf of Mexico another BP Deepwater oil platform also blew out.
Investigative Journalist Greg Palast discusses not only how BP kept the story under wraps, not informing Congress, US safety regulators or oil industry partners about it, but also whether the worker killed on the Deepwater Horizon rig, would have been alive today if this information had been made public. Read the full story at www.gregpalst.com