Written by Melanie Kozlan, Four Green Steps

A former employee of British Petroleum has filed a whistleblower lawsuit again the notorious oil giants regarding the cleanup of 2010's infamous oil spill in the gulf coast. The former employee, August Walter, claims he was fired for expressing concern for the oil spill cleanup.

From the Huffington Post:

In a federal suit filed last Friday in New Orleans, August Walter claims one of his BP bosses manipulated data on shoreline cleanup and didn't give the Coast Guard "the true status" of what substances needed to be cleaned.

Walter, a Covington, La., resident who helped develop BP's cleanup plans in Mississippi after the 2010 spill began, claims in the suit that he was fired last month in retaliation for complaining that BP wasn't following environmental regulations and was "picking and choosing what oil to pick up." Walter also claims he refused to misrepresent data so that the Coast Guard would believe cleanup activities in Mississippi were closer to completion.

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