BP axes staff as it prunes green plans

[OKIsItJustMe]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/article-1134488/BP-axes-staff-prunes-green-plans.html

BP axes staff as it prunes green plans

By Sam Fleming
Last updated at 10:02 PM on 02nd February 2009

BP is axing jobs in its alternative energy division as it trims back its green empire.

Employees drawing up strategy and working on wind power developments have been shown the door after the firm decided returns in Britain are unattractive.

Green budgets across BP's global operations could also come under scrutiny as the firm grapples with tumbling energy prices. The firm declined to comment.

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BP controversially adopted the brand 'Beyond Petroleum' under previous chief Lord Browne. It has continued with aggressive marketing of its green activities under his successor, Hayward, despite a decision to invest in environmentally destructive oil sands.

[Ian David]

1. I once saw a P.R. flunky talking to people at the gas pumps at a B.P. station in Miami.

I pretty much told her off and dismissed their greenwashing campaign that she was there promoting.

"We add some kind of crap to this blend of gasoline you can use, and then charge extra for it, because we love the environment!"

I explained that I was only buying all my gasoline from Citgo and Hess (Hess hadn't turned evil yet) and that I was only at the B.P. station because I was running on empty and unfamiliar with the area.

Meanwhile, the pumps were in direct sunlight and I couldn't read the digital instruction displays and left without buying gas anyway-- went to another station of some kind across the street.