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Biden administration cancels 3 major offshore oil lease sales in Gulf of Mexico and Alaska

Green groups hailed the move, energy firms accused the administration of discussing the need for more supply only to restrict it.

Axios · May 12, 2022

SpaceX Brings 4 Astronauts Home with Midnight Splashdown

SpaceX brought four astronauts home with a midnight splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico on Friday, capping the busiest month yet for Elon Musk’s taxi service. The three US astronauts and one German in the capsule were bobbing off the Florida coast, near Tampa, less than 24 hours after leaving…

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 6, 2022

SpaceX: Elon Musk's space taxi service brings four astronauts back to Earth

Splashdown in Gulf of Mexico

Wales Online · May 6, 2022

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ACE Winches opens new facility in Texas with $6.5m investment

10 new jobs set to be created as the company expands into the green energy market

Insider UK · May 3, 2022

Gulf of Mexico oil drilling makes too-little, too-late comeback

A new wave of oil platforms is sweeping into the U.S. Gulf of Mexico as crude prices are riding historic levels and demand for barrels is higher than ever.

Tribune News Service · May 2, 2022

Wreckage of 207-year-old whaling ship destroyed in storm found in Gulf of Mexico

The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration unearthed Industry, a 64-foot-long vessel which was cast to the bottom of the sea when a strong storm snapped its mast

Daily Mirror · Mar 24, 2022

Wreck of 200-year-old whaling ship may have been found in Gulf of Mexico

The brig, just 64 feet long, had been built in 1815 in Westport, Mass., and was a 20-year veteran of the whaling industry

The Independent UK · Mar 24, 2022

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Wreck of only sunken Gulf whaler discovered 190 years later

Researchers say they've found what's believed to be the wreck of the only whaling ship known to sink in the Gulf of Mexico

The Independent UK · Mar 23, 2022

Trump plane makes emergency landing after engine failure

A plane carrying former President Donald Trump was forced to make an emergency landing in New Orleans last weekend after suffering engine failure over the Gulf of Mexico

The Independent UK · Mar 9, 2022

Plane carrying Trump reportedly made emergency landing after engine failure

Incident occurred over Gulf of Mexico as former president returned to Florida from rally in New Orleans on Saturday night

The Guardian - US · Mar 9, 2022

Donald Trump’s plane made emergency landing in New Orleans after engine failure over Gulf of Mexico

RNC scrambles to get another private plane from donors as first borrowed jet fails

The Independent UK · Mar 9, 2022

UN report paints dire picture of the Gulf of Mexico's future

Hurricane Harvey dumped more than 50 inches of rain on parts of the Texas coast in 2017

The Independent UK · Mar 3, 2022

Woman grapples with cruise ship security before 'jumping' overboard and vanishing

New footage, recorded moments before a woman reportedly jumped overboard from the Carnival Valor cruise ship in the Gulf of Mexico, shows her struggling with the ship's security

Daily Mirror · Feb 18, 2022

Carnival cruise passenger goes overboard in Gulf of Mexico after alleged hot tub altercation

The Carnival Valor vessel was 150 miles off the shore of Louisiana when the 32-year-old went overboard

The Independent UK · Feb 17, 2022

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The Conversation · Feb 10, 2022

How autonomous underwater robots can spot oil plumes after an ocean spill

On April 20, 2010, the offshore oil rig Deepwater Horizon exploded, burned, sank in the Gulf of Mexico and terrified the world. This horrific accident — recorded as the largest oil spill in history — killed 11 workers and released 210 million gallons of crude oil into the ocean.

Salon · Feb 6, 2022

Judge halts oil and gas leases

A federal judge halts the Department of Interior's decision to lease more than 80 million acres in Gulf of Mexico

Mic · Jan 31, 2022

A judge just slammed Biden’s plans for oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico

The administration’s environmental analysis amounted to a “serious failing” and was made in “grave error,” the court said.

The Independent UK · Jan 28, 2022

Court ruling gives Biden chance for reset on climate policy

President Joe Biden has an opportunity for a reset on climate policy after a federal judge rejected an administration plan to lease millions of acres in the Gulf of Mexico for offshore oil drilling

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The Guardian - US · Jan 28, 2022

US judge blocks sale of Gulf of Mexico drilling leases over climate concerns

Federal judge rules that Biden administration did not properly consider the leases’ impact upon the climate crisis

Tribune News Service · Jan 28, 2022

Biden's Gulf of Mexico offshore oil lease plan voided by US judge

The sale of offshore oil and gas leases on more than 80 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico was canceled by a U.S. judge who ordered regulators to take a harder look at the impact on climate change.

Axios · Jan 28, 2022

Judge nixes Gulf of Mexico oil leases in climate-focused ruling

"Barreling full-steam ahead with blinders on was simply not a reasonable action" for the Interior Department, judge said.

The Independent UK · Jan 28, 2022

Federal judge throws out oil lease sale in Gulf of Mexico

A federal court has rejected a plan to lease millions of acres in the Gulf of Mexico for offshore oil drilling, saying the Biden administration failed to conduct a proper environmental review

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