BP lobbied the US government to allow oil and gas drilling in two previously protected areas of the Alaskan Arctic, according to Greenpeace's team of investigative journalists. Documents seen by Unearthed show BP campaigned privately for areas of the US coast to be opened up for drilling, citing President's Trump's America First Energy Plan. The documents also reveal that a senior executive at BP, Tony Hayward, was involved with lobbying on behalf of Shell Oil Company - which is currently being investigated over its role in the Gulf of Mexico disaster.
BP lobbied the US government to allow oil and gas drilling in two previously protected areas of the Alaskan Arctic, according to Greenpeace's team of investigative journalists. Documents seen by Unearthed show BP campaigned privately for areas of the US coast to be opened up for drilling, citing President's Trump's America First Energy Plan. Much of this lobbying effort was carried out by trade associations within which BP staff hold leadership positions, while the company directly contacted officials requesting additional areas be opened up following Trump's decision to allow Arctic drilling to take place.