EU ROUND UP – EU HELPS USA IN GULF OF MEXICO OIL SPILL
June 1st, 2010
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) is helping the USA deal with the massive BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Coordinated by the EU emergency response group, the Monitoring and Information Centre (MIC), the EU will send oil skimmers and oil spill experts. The European Maritime Safety Agency, Spain and the Netherlands have offered help. EU humanitarian aid Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva said the EU would "stand shoulder to shoulder" with the US over the spill. The European Space Agency (ESA) Envisat radar satellite has been monitoring the ...
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