ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTERS AND ACCOUNTABILITY OF OIL COMPANIES

Abstract

This article aims at examining environmental disasters and their impacts in the light of the biggest oil spill in history, The BP oil spills. It aims at explaining how oil companies are accountable to the public for occurrence of catastrophic incidents like the BP oil spill. The company’s accountability for the damage done to the environment is a matter of growing concern in the contemporary world. This article also throws light upon the lessons that we can learn from the BP oil spills, and provides legal solutions for the same to ensure that apart from the UN, the government and oil companies, each citizen can help in his/her own way to prevent the happening of such disasters and thus be able to mitigate the loss, if such an incident takes place.