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WASHINGTON (AP) — At least 22 nations — including Britain, where BP is based — have offered oil-collecting skimmers, boom, technical experts and more to help the U.S. cope with its worst-ever environmental disaster. But their generosity comes with a price tag.The State Department confirmed that nearly every offer of equipment or expertise from a foreign government since the April 20 oil rig explosion would require the U.S. to reimburse that country.The offers reveal a hard truth about the United States' international friendships: With the U.S. widely regarded as the world's wealthiest nation, there is a double standard regarding foreign aid after a crisis, especially with offers from relatively poor countries.U.S. disaster aid is almost always free of charge; other nations expect the U.S. to pay for help."These offers are not typically offers of aid," said Lt. Erik Halvorson, a Coast Guard spokesman. "Normally, they are offers to sell resources to BP or the U.S. government."Only Mexico...
Slick has become so thick in areas that multitude of collection methods must be used
National incident commander on BP containment mishap, incoming storm system, beach closing
VENICE, La. (AP) — More than 40 trailers that can sleep up to 36 workers in bunks are being brought to Louisiana coastal communities to house temporary cleanup worke...
"Hot dots" have shown up on the arms of football players and Special Forces soldiers. Now workers scrubbing oil from Gulf Coast beaches have tried the round patches ...
BP and the Obama administration face mounting complaints that they are ignoring foreign offers of equipment and making little use of the fishing boats and volunteers...
BP and the Obama administration face mounting complaints that they are ignoring foreign offers of equipment and making little use of the fishing boats and volunteers...
Preview of civil trial over Gulf oil spill
Glenn Rink demonstrates how a Smart Sponge absorbs pollutants from water and how it can help clean up oil spills
One year after the worst oil spill in U.S. history, the government is slowly handing out new permits to allow deep-water drilling in the Gulf of Mexico -- a move oil...
BP Chief Operating Officer Doug Suttles updates efforts to contain, clean up Gulf oil leak
Judge Andrew Napolitano weighs in
Gulf Oil CEO Joe Petrowski on the possibility of a gas tax to pay for BP's continuing spill.
ORANGE BEACH, Ala. (AP) — A leaky truck filled with oil-stained sand and absorbent boom soaked in crude pulls away from the beach, leaving tar balls in a public park...
Authorities unsure whether tropical storm will slow or halt Gulf oil cleanup
President details Gulf oil cleanup effort, accuses BP of 'recklessness' and lays out clean energy initiative
Louisiana senator talks Gulf oil cleanup
The Obama administration claims it has been on top of the Gulf oil spill disaster since "day one." Here's a look at what the president and administration have been d...
National incident commander on progress sealing busted Gulf oil well
LONDON (AP) — BP vows to pay "all necessary and appropriate clean-up costs" from Gulf oil spill.
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