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Causeway to another bp operation called endicott island. four years ago bp was fined because oil and diesel fuel had been dumped into the arctic from endicott island. the company says it will cooperate with any federal and state regulators who want to take another look at bps plans three miles out at sea on its liberty island. drew griffin, cnn, prudo bay, alaska. a passenger plane slams into a hillside on landing killing everyone onboard, more than 150 victims. we are learning new details. al...

Groups. >> if anything were to go wrong, if there were an oil spill that oil is going into the ocean. its not on land. so this is really, you know, drilling in water. >> reporter: that is the heart of the debate. does putting the massive drill rig on a 32 mile pile of gravel mean bps island project should be subject to the federal rules for drilling on land or the more rigorous rules of offshore drilling? the fact is, three years ago, bp succeeded in getting a land-based drilling permit. in an e...

Federal and state regulators arent so confident in bps plans to drill out here on liberty island. now theyre taking another look. one of the reasons? environmental groups say mms approved bps environmental review in 2008 with minimal changes. we asked the interior department for comment, twice, in fact. they declined to answer only saying, quote, in light of the bp oil spill in the gulf and new safety requirements, we will be reviewing the adequacy of the current version of the liberty projects ...

Addressing environmentalists complaints, he added, its hard to imagine anyone who knows the facts or the history of this project would make such a claim. but after the gulf oil disaster, federal and state regulators arent so confident in bps plans to drill out here on liberty island. now theyre taking another look. one of the reasons? environmental groups say mms approved bps environmental review in 2008 with minimal changes. we asked the interior department for comment, twice, in fact. they dec...

Colorado, there was for a century a metal processing plant and for the entire century, they were letting out arsenic and lead into the air. ultimately, that arsenic and lead got into the soil. when it did, it pretty much contaminated the entire community. well, the state regulators came in and they tried to hold the corporation accountable, but they werent able to. ultimately, it took trial lawyers to come in and make them compensate the people that had been damaged. the famous case of the love ...

In effect is the criticism fair? >> i think ive said all along we are going to be judged by the response to this ultimately. the scale of response. the quality of the response. the intensity of the response. and ultimately the success of the response. thats how well be judged. as far as safety it is the only thing ive talked about since ive been in this job. >> reporter: were you well enough prepared for this? >> we had a spoken plan that was we had a response plan that was agreed with the state...

In effect is the criticism fair? >> i think ive said all along we are going to be judged by the response to this ultimately. the scale of response. the quality of the response. the intensity of the response. and ultimately the success of the response. thats how well be judged. as far as safety it is the only thing ive talked about since ive been in this job. >> reporter: were you well enough prepared for this? >> we had a spoken plan that was we had a response plan that was agreed with the state...

Underground. mine has a history of problems. state regulators handed out 31 orders demanding the company close sections of the mine. of course this weeks after the nations worst coll mine disaster in 40 years. 21 men died in an explosion in a west virginia mine owned by massey energy. federal investigators claim it played a big role in the near collapse of the economy. today just two days after senators grilled executives from goldman sachs, word the company may be looking to settle. goldman s...

It sounds ridiculous, but thats how it works for hospitals in most of america >> north carolina hopes to get a new hospital. investors were ready to build. >> this is where the new holy springs hospital was supposed to be built but plans for the $110 million facility have stopped in their tracks. >> stopped because of a law appropriately called a con law. con stands for certificate of need. in other words, to build a hospital, you have to convince state regulators that the hospital is needed. pr...

State departments canceling the policies of 125,000 homeowners in florida. the company started sending out cancellation notices this week. the cancellations will be effective august 1st. thats halfway through the 2010 hurricane season. state farm says its the direct result of its failure to win a 47% rate increase from state regulators. state farm is floridas largest home insurer. and a school of sharks were seen swimming off the coast of palm beach, florida, just this morning. and it is just ...