BP pleads guilty

British Petroleum has agreed to plead guilty to manslaughter in connection with the Deepwater Horizon Disaster, reports Al-Jazeera.

The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico killed 11 and endangered wildlife for weeks in 2010.

BP will be temporarily banned from new contracts and projects in the United States until further notice.

The US Environment Protection Agency wants the company to provide proof that they will meet regulations and standards before the ban is lifted.

BP also faces civil claims by the US government for environmental damages from the spill.

The disaster was the largest offshore oil spill in US history.

Flickr Photo by: M Glasgow

STORY WRITTEN BY: CHLOE DENEUMOUSTIER