Wednesday, April 7, 2010 as of 11:14 AM ET
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
"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 attorneys for more than 100,000 people and businesses presented a federal judge Wednesday with a class-action settlement designed to resolve billions of dolla...
BP and attorneys for more than 100,000 people and businesses presented a federal judge Wednesday with a class-action settlement designed to resolve billions of dolla...
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...
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...
Tropical storm Alex disrupting efforts to clean up BP Gulf oil spill
A former BP employee has filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the company, claiming he was fired for airing concerns about the cleanup of Mississippi's shoreline af...
So what do we really know about the effects of the oil spill and those with asthma? We are not yet aware how hazardous direct contact and/or inhalation of vapors and...
Sitting on the Gulf of Mexico looking out into a vast coastline of small islands and thousands of acres of marshland gives you a great perspective as to just how dif...
More than 50 days after oil began spewing into the crystal waters of the Gulf of Mexico , I want to take a step back from all the finger pointing and political specu...
LONDON (AP) — BP's new strategy to clean up its image and the Gulf Coast is to hand the job from its British CEO, widely criticized for tone-deaf comments and yachti...
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
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...
LONDON (AP) — BP vows to pay "all necessary and appropriate clean-up costs" from Gulf oil spill.
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...
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