Gulf of Mexico

U.S. federal judge orders increased protection of marine life from oil drilling in Gulf of Mexico

August 22, 2024 By Cristen Hemingway Jaynes

“The court’s ruling affirms that the government cannot continue to turn a blind eye to the widespread, persistent harms that offshore oil and gas development inflicts on wildlife."

Millions of acres of Gulf of Mexico could be given to fossil fuel industry

December 2, 2021 By Matthew Brown And Janet McConnaughey

“It’s basically a giveaway to the industry of millions of acres of the Gulf of Mexico so they can lock in production for years, at a time when we need to be shifting away from fossil...

Gulf dolphins suffer post-oil spill illnesses

March 27, 2012 By Blake Skylar

In Barataria Bay, La. (located in the northern Gulf of Mexico), bottlenose dolphins are suffering from severe illnesses - the aftermath of the BP oil spill, according to a report by Click Green.

Oil still a problem in the Gulf, scientists warn

August 18, 2010 By John Wojcik

The oil that BP and the government claim is gone from the Gulf of Mexico is actually still there, and threatens the eco-system, two groups of scientists said this week.

Cover-ups and ‘cost-savings’ ooze from BP records

July 6, 2010 By John Wojcik

Louisiana union leaders, environmentalists and others are saying that the disparity between what BP told government regulators in March and what it has actually been able to do results from a willfully misleading manipulation of numbers...