What to know about Rice's whale, a rare species in the way of Trump's plans for more Gulf drilling | PBS News

It's the only whale species that lives year-round in the Gulf of Mexico, where there are fewer than 100 — and possibly fewer than 50 — left, scientists said...

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/what-to-know-about-rices-whale-a-rare-species-in-the-way-of-trumps-plans-for-more-gulf-drilling

Associated Press barred from Oval Office for not using ‘Gulf of America’

Agency says its reporter wasn't allowed into event in effort to 'punish' style guide on upholding use of Gulf of Mexico…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/11/associated-press-oval-office-gulf-of-america

 

Trump's Insane Press Conference About Greenland, Jack Smith, Gulf of Mexico

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUAs3nXQoTM

Analysis: Biden gets climate win with court loss on Gulf of Mexico oil leases | Reuters

A U.S. judge's surprise decision this week to annul the Biden administration's first Gulf of Mexico oil lease auction because of its climate change impact has raised questions about the future of the nation's federal drilling program – and played directly into the president's hand...

https://www.reuters.com/business/sustainable-business/biden-gets-climate-win-with-court-loss-gulf-mexcio-oil-leases-2022-01-28/

The Trump Administration Is Pushing to Sell Offshore Drilling Leases, and It's Tanking Profits for Taxpayers - Mother Jones

The largest offshore oil and gas lease sale in US history, which included all available areas in the Gulf of Mexico, garnered only tepid interest from oil and gas companies on Wednesday. Industry and government representatives called the results encouraging and consistent. Critics deemed it an "embarrassing flop." ....
https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2018/03/the-trump-administration-is-pushing-to-sell-offshore-drilling-leases-and-its-tanking-profits-for-taxpayers/

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Yet Another Oil Spill Wreaks Havoc On The Gulf Of Mexico And Nearby Coastal Communities

A Shell oil facility has leaked nearly 90,000 gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, according to federal authorities. The spill has left a two-mile by thirteen-mile sheen in the Gulf, approximately 165 miles southwest of New Orleans. A helicopter first noticed the spill near Shell’s Brutus platform on Thursday morning, according to Shell spokeswoman Kimberly Windon.

“There are no drilling activities at Brutus, and this is not a well control incident,” Windon told the Associated Press. Instead, authorities believe the leak came from a release of oil from subsea infrastructure, from a line connecting four wells. According to the Wall Street Journal, Shell had dispatched boats Friday to begin cleaning up the spill....
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2016/05/13/3778155/shell-gulf-spill/