The Trump administration has approved BP's $5 billion Kaskida deepwater oil drilling project in the Gulf of Mexico, aiming to produce around 80,000 barrels daily by 2029. This decision comes amid ...

An offshore spill of 12,600 gallons of crude threatens Gulf waters. Here's how workers are trying to prevent environmental consequences. (Adobe stock) ...

The Trump administration pushed lease sales through without environmental review. This is illegal because it violates several of the country’s bedrock environmental laws, writes Mathews, a lawyer for ...

Take your pick from the best beaches on the Gulf of Mexico for your next relaxing getaway.

Crude that spilled late last month from a key deepwater oil terminal has traveled 18 miles across open Gulf of Mexico waters and affected three islands that are part of a coastal wildlife refuge noted ...

The Louisiana Offshore Oil Port (LOOP) identified crude oil near its facility on Thursday, Feb. 26. After discovering the oil ...

The tropical development in the northern Gulf this week is expected to be limited due to its close proximity to land, but it will still pose a danger for the millions who reside across the region.

The Trump administration has assessed what it’s calling the largest civil fine ever for an offshore oil spill in 2023 off the Louisiana coast. The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety ...

The Gulf of America’s “dead zone” has shrunk significantly this summer, with scientists measuring a hypoxic area of just over 4,400 square miles — roughly a third smaller than last year and far less ...

The Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium has a goal of shrinking the zone to 1,900 square miles by 2035. A massive lifeless zone in the northern Gulf of Mexico is significantly smaller than ...